TO INTEREST HOUSEWIVES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 9, 7 December 1938, Page 15

TO INTEREST HOUSEWIVES .

AVOIDING MENTAL CONFUSION, ‘ (Copyright.) There are few persons who are not confused at times. Some people are so well poisetL mentally, that they can withstand wrdi composure the pressure of. conflicting duties, problems, and questions, while others are upset easily. There are also persons who give slight evidence to those about tnem ol confused thoughts, and who bring peace from chaotic thoughts by putting their minds in order by themselves. There are others who bring the burden of their confusion to those they are with by talking over -each little disturbing question, or by being iritable and quick to anger. In the home there are certain tilings which can bo done to relieve contusion to everyone. Some react to them immediately. On tiling is to have rooms in good order. It is distracting to note chairs out of place, papers strewn about, toys all over the floor, and garments puiled on tables or over chairs. . Here is a picture of the confusion of inanimate tilings. By straightening them out a sense of the rightfiess of them helps to straighten

out knotty thoughts. There is a coordination between physical and mental things ’that exists and should be taken into account. Another thing which aids- in restoring order to thoughts is to be alone. In the quiet, of one’s room either in the restoring rays of sunshine on a cool day, or in softly shaded light on a hot day, or in mellow artificial illumination in the evening, sitting comfortaole or lying down, lot the peaceful atmosphere of the surroundings seep into your mind. Do not try to solve the problems until you have let' go of them. This brings us to a third restorative, to which these others have led up, and that is relaxation. Tenseness may be tlie cause of the confusion, which straightens out only when dropped through the grateful aid of relaxation. Or the bothersome matters may he the cause of the tenseness, which promotes - confusion of mind. The essential tiling is to get relaxation and while under its peaceful iiiHuenee gain the insight needed, not by struggling for it, hut by letting it come to you through the quickened mental power gained in this mood.