TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20126, 23 February 1937, Page 6

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Wishing and Doing “ Our wishes may not always he the best we might make, but wishes of some sort are part of our constitution and are a sign of a desire to rise upward. On the other hand,” writes W.C.B. m the Birmingham Post, “ wishing, must be accompanied by active endeavour l'or fatalism, however pious, is moral ruin. The old saying about wishes being horses (or, to be up to date, motors) is more true to life than the fallacy that we have only lo wish fervently enough to get what we want; so is (he other saying about substituting a wish-bone for a backbone. It is men who form a purpose who move the world onward—and themselves, too. A noble purpose, formed in one's best moments, is the right start for a new year and holds the promise of achievement. The best purposes, however, can only be fulfilled by forming a practical programme, neither too limited nor too ambitious, and endeavouring to carry it out during the year. There is a danger that a purpose, however splendid, may degenerate into one of those good resolutions, the making of which, ns Dr. Johnson said of second marriages, is the triumph of hope over experience;”-