PRACTICAL PSYCHOLOGY CLUB

Evening Star, Issue 22988, 20 June 1938, Page 16

PRACTICAL PSYCHOLOGY CLUB

The subject under discussion at the Practical Psychology Club last Thursday evening was; ‘What Does Life Mean To You?’

It was pointed out that life was to some a drama, to some a fight, and to others a climb. St. Paul thought of life as a race to be run, the prize being immortality. The quest of life was like climbing a hill, interesting, though arduous, and each person saw the view and interpreted truth from his own angle. Life was an ever-widening vista of truth, and man, the adventurer, as he climbed higher, perceived the wonderful panorama always just ahead. As man climbed ho grew in personality, for the obstacles encountered but tested and proved his powers. Life was like a school for bringing out and testing. Until man realised Ins own powers lie was played upon and limited by environment, but when thought was directed constructively he could expand and push out the confines. It was stated that each man’s life was what he made it. and was. on the whole, a reflection of his own individuality. The sunny nature shed joy on life. Kindness of nature did not consist of gifts, but of gentleness of spirit. At the same time it was noted that by the habit of dreaming man lost the faculty of facing up to the real needs of the" moment. Life in one aspect meant the capacity for making friends, of seeing things from another’s point of view. There was, perhaps, no craving in the human heart so universal os the craving to be understood or to have a friend who shared one’s thoughts, encouraged one’s hopes and plans, and helped to bring one’s thoughts into actual expression. An easy life eluded all except the strong soul who overcame. It was wise, therefore, to seek not the easy pathwaj', but rather the strength that came from within and made one strong to face all things.