A SELF-EXAMINING

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 271, 11 August 1943, Page 3

A SELF-EXAMINING

Need For Quietness In Our Lives Today Whether peace came soon or bite n would take some time to make New Zealand spiritually what it should be, and it would be the responsibility of the home-makers, not to ml (bat it was so, said Miss Mackay in an address to Victoria League members in Wellington yesterday. The time had come for self-examina-tion, when the things that y.e.resarv to one’s spiritual well-being must go ‘ Hysteria was common, even among some adults, whose entire attitude was uncontrolled and who were determined to have what they wanted at all costs. Pride ami artificiality were other links in this chain that must be broken. It seemed that in New Zealand we bad forgotten to feed the spirit, though the body and mind were not neglected. lire spirit needed the power of quietness ano, if it received this, much of the unnaturalness and artificiality' of life would go. Newness of life was possible. _J.bc power of quietness was seen as humility and graciousness. The lack of >t in our Jives was due to the rush and bustle in which we moved. Self-centredness came from placing oneself on a pedestal and justifying oneself at the expense ot 01 Why was there so much trouble today over young girls and their problems, asked the speaker. -AVas it. not that there was something wrong with their foundation of life? They had not. been .taught control, simply because it was said that restraint’must not. be placed on tue young. They must be allowed self-ex-pression and. having been taught tills, what could they have to express with it. These girls had had no example set them. For instance, the lack of courtesy in young people was due to (be fact that they had not been trained to be courteous. They had not seen the charm ana graciousness that came with courtesy. If adults were not controlled how count they control the young?. In the power of quietness were to be found answers to many questions disturbing the home ana community today. Mrs. J. A. Doctor, president, welcomed two visitors, Airs. Gardiner, Hawke’s Bar, and Miss Harvey, Christchurch. Mrs. A. A. Cramoud thanked Miss Mackay on behalf of members. A flower stall did brisk business, the proccds going toward the soldiers’ parcels fund.