ON WORRY

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 26, 30 July 1927, Page 13

ON WORRY

"The cure for worry la not easy to find. It entails more than attention to physical health, to simple natural food, rest, recreation, hygiene; more than mental analysis; more than regular occupation for hands and head, important as they are. It may require a new spiritual attitude, a realisation that worry is irreligious, waste of 'divine energT.'," writes Dr.. Elizabeth Sloan Chesser in the "Daily Express." "Difficulty and trouble come to everyone, and fortunate are the people whose pugnacious instinct is aroused by obstacles. We are healthy if we are braced by difficulty to overcome every obstacle we meet.

"Happiness also depends upon intelligence well directed. The richer and more developed the mind and personality the more capacity there is for happiness. In happiness there is no worry in the soul, because the state of happiness, as distinct from the feeling of pleasure, is the harmonious operation of all the sentiments and activities of our lives in some form of selfish service. Life meant to be more beautiful and happier than it is for post of us. But we must be tolerant in- our judgment of ourselves and others when we realise that many of the faults and failings of human nature are due to defective chemical conditions rather than to intentional delinquency. _ "Slankind has conquered his phy-r sieal environment—the sea and land and air. We. shall be truly civilised when we have more knowledge of our bodies and minds, when we can better control our instincts and emotions and thought."