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Don't Wony 49
The author of "The Art of Being Happy" says:
"A great secret for preserving peace of heart is to dc
nothing with overeagerness, but to act always calmly,
without trouble or disquiet. We are not asked to da
much, but to.do well. At the Last Day God will no:
examine if we have performed a multitude of works,
but if we have sanctified our souls in doing them Now
the means of sanctifying ourselves is to do everything
for God and to do perfectly whatever we have to do.
The works that have as their motive vanity or selfishness
make us neither better nor happier, and we shaL
receive no reward for them."
Cultivate a cheerful temper. Says the Wise Man i~
the Book of Proverbs: "A joyful mind maketh age
flourishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones"
(Prm. xvii. 22).
Look at the bright side of things.
"Two men looked out through their prison ban;
The one saw mud, and the other stars."
-STEVENSON.
"A poet," writes Father Russell, "was gazing on1
day at a beautiful rose-tree. 'What a pity,' said he.
'that these roses have thorns!' A man who was passing
by said to him: 'Let us rather thank our good God
for having allowed these thorns to have roses.' Ah!
how ought we also to thank Him for so many joys that
He grants to us in spite of our sins, instead of cornplaining
about the slight troubles that He xnds us!"
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