SCRAP BASKETS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18062, 24 January 1927, Page 9

SCRAP BASKETS.

Did you ever think what a clutteredup Snd disorderly house you would have if it were not for your scrapbaskets? What would liccome of the useless mail, the bits of rubbish, the stra ythreads, the various odds and ends that accumulate every day if there were no such things as scrapbaskets in your rooms? But even more essential than a scrapbasket in the rooms of one’s house is a scrap-basket in the rooms of one's life. Those bitter memories, those ancient grudges, those harmful acquaintances, those useless pastimes, those depressing thoughts, those demoralising habits—they all belong in the scrapbasket. So in your amusement-room place a scrap-basket and throw in it all the recreations that do not really recreate. In your memory-room have a thorough house-cleaning. The memories of past mistakes that so often come to harass and worry.you. the memory of wounded feelings that have hurt and bruised you, the old regrets that torment and grieve you, the ancient grudges that embitter and anger you—discard them all. They are useless. They only mar your serenity and destroy vour contentment. More than that, they take up room that should be occupied by happy, peaceful and beautiful memories. In your habit-room throw away the worry habit, the whining habit, the pouting habit. the procrastinating habit and the backbiting habit. In your friendship-room (which can never be too large) save no- place for the acquaintances and would-be friends who pull you down by dampening your enthusiasm, destroying your ambitions, wasting your time and annihilating your better self. Take time for a physical, mental and moral house-cleaning. It will do much to increase your happiness and develop your personalitv.