FORGET THE PAST.
88 Mental health and happiness can only bo attained if the past is shut 88 88 out. 8o 88 Petty irritations, humiliations, real or fancied, trivial mistakes and jo So disappoint,ments, painful memories, must all be shed each night, like go •o our clothes. go 88 Human beings are tho products of the past, and experience must go 88 leave its mark, but tho golden present is only hampered and frustrated go 88 by conscious reflection on what has gone by. go •o Doubt handicaps life's activities, and will-power becomes weakened. 'go go Thoughts even of past happiness, too, can endanger the harmony of go go tho present. Thore is nothing to bo gained by harping unduly on " tho go go good old days." 58 go The vision should only bo allowed to wander backward, and tho go go floodgates of memory bo permitted to open only on rare and special g° g° occasions. 88 go If thoro is no other influence from recollections from the past, tho go •o future will shape itself. , 88 •o *° 2?o*o»o»o*o»o»o»o*o«o»o»o»ooo»o»o»o»o»o»o«o»o;o;o}ojo;ojo»o«o<>o»o«o»ogogogogogogo«P* 7t>*0*0«0«0*0»0*0«0«0«0*0«0«0«0«0«0«0»0«0«0*0«0«0»0»0»0»0«0»0«0»0*0*0«0«0»0»u»U"u»"
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20454, 4 January 1930, Page 6 (Supplement)
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181FORGET THE PAST. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20454, 4 January 1930, Page 6 (Supplement)
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