“Merilyn” says . . .

Northern Advocate, 29 July 1939, Page 3

“Merilyn” says . . .

|M£ANY of us have that funny little

habit of building castles in the air—jblue castles, airy, fairy things that go as high as the sky, and then leave us quite flat. It is silly, but we still continue doing it. The castle building carries us away from the everyday into something glorious and lovely—something that we even hope vainly may come true. And of course it doesn’t.

“Keep your dreams,” said someone. Yes, keep your dreams, but do as well. It is useless dreaming of wonderful happenings if we cannot put them into action. Wo can be dreamers all our lives and get no further than that. Wilberforce, Mary Slessor, Florence Nightingale, were all dreamers, visioning a new world, and their names have gone down in history because they made their dreams real. So keep your dreams and let them become facts.

It is very, very hard when our loved ones are suddenly taken away from us. It makes us feel like shut-

ting ourselves away and hiding our sorrow from the searching eyes of the world. After a while, we become accustomed to the departed’s spirit being still with us, that we ,ai'e still guided and counselled by his life and opinions—unconsciously perhaps. We

realise that he would want us to take our place as usual in the world, and

gradually we come to assume that place, a little uncertainly and fearful of the outside world, with which we have got out of touch. The things

vve do, and which we have neglected take on a new thrill, because they are done for him, .and in the knowledge that he approves.

“Death is not goodbye, But only a little departure.’