It's the way you do it

Title

Language

English

Source

Panorama 4 (7) July 1939

Year

1939

Subject

Habit

Self-actualization (Psychology)

Rights

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

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IT'S THE WAY YOU DO IT 1 E , ~ry first thing in the mornng ' begin to dramatize our hougl s. Agnes gets up exclaimng, "I ·'s grand to be alive!" "W at's so grand about it?" 'lumblc s her roommate. "You ~ Jn't e .1 en know what kind of a \..,li_y it i~ yet." "I k row it, but it's grand just the sam~," bubbles Agnes, turning on the ,tvater in the tub. "Yes~ you can feel that way," mutt rs ~ the roommate. "Every ' t ne' go'od to you, everybody's always 1 elping you. But· you wo '1 q t feel so gay if you had to struggi. along as I do. You don't r,~itice nybody making it easier tor me." So she stays in bed a half o 1r longer to feel sorry for her ~e 1f Each young lady receives 1er ;1prropriate recompense in the affairs f the day. It · s strange how we constant, - emp as1ze and dramatize the l rnings l"e want to get away from. The orpulent person for instance ay ~emark every day that everything • eats makes him fat. An verl} • in person may insist energetirn 1 that nothing, absolutely jULY 9 nothing he eats, puts a pound of weight on him. A friend of mine found himself in need of a position. He started after it. He was not discouraged by the fact that all around him people were saying "jobs are sure scarce these days." "I've always been able to get a job," he stated with conviction, ''I'll have a place in a day or two." And he actually had to choose among three fairly good jobs before the end of the week! People say it was because he had had a lot of experience, but the underlying fact still remains that he took a plus attitude. Let us watch a girl entering a public-speaking class. She hopes to achieve poise, confidence, ease in expressing herself. Does she state this when asked why she is taking the course ? She does not. She goes to great lengths to describe how "petrified" she gets when talking before people. She describes graphically, almost thrillingly, how her knees shake and her heart pounds. 57 The instructor interrupts her and insists that she go to the platform, face the class, and announce, "The floor is under me." you ever noticed how diffterently people who are tired sit down? One comes into the room , flops into a chair, sprawls out and moans: "Am I tired! I'm simply dead! Absolutely dead." Another relaxes into a chair, leans back comfortably and murmurs, "It's delightful to be able to rest awhile." One is sitting down to be tired; the other is sitting down to rest.-N ettina Louise Strobach, condensed from Progress. She does this and is amazed. It is such a simple thing, yet she feels new stability as she stands there. Why? Because she has started to dramatize confidence and poise instead of fear. She has discovered how real, how tangible a thing thought is. 58 Here's another thing. Have * * * FRANK CONFESSION THERE is a story about a "tough guy" who came to Confession. When he had finished his tale, the priest said, "Now recite the Act of Contrition." "I don't remember it after all these years," he answered. "Well, then, just tell God in your own words that you are sorry," the priest told him. Whereupon the poor fellow, ignorant but penitent, thumped his breast and said loud enough to be heard by. all in the neighborhood, "0 God, I'm a helluva sinner !"-Catholic World. * * * PANORAM/

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57-58

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