Overcoming Busy

Old Wisdom

May 3, 2011 by Marci

Last weekend, I ran across this article in the October 15, 1887 issue of Good Housekeeping. Yes, 1887. It held such wisdom that I had to share it with you.

IF YOU WOULD BE HAPPY

Beware of the man of two faces

Persevere against discouragement

Take a cheerful view of everything

In all promised pleasures put self last

Trust in God and mind your own business

Pray for a short memory as to all unkindnesses

Do not talk of your private personal or family matters

Put not your trust in money but put your money in trust

Cultivate forbearance till your heart yields a fine crop of it

Give your tongue more holiday than your hands or your eyes

Examine into your own shortcomings rather than those of others

Act as if you expected to live a hundred years but might die tomorrow

Compare our manifold blessings with the trifling annoyances of each day

Do the duty that lies nearest thee thy second duty will already have become clearer

Be content to do the things you can and fret not because you cannot do everything

Never reply in kind to a sharp or angry word it is the second word that makes the quarrel

Make the best of what you have and do not make yourself miserable by wishing for what you have not