Imprisoned by the Commonplace – Sunday, November 08, 1953
Sometimes it would be well if we could step aside and see ourselves as if we had never seen us before—and see not only ourselves,...
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On Multiplying Mistakes – Sunday, November 01, 1953
Perhaps we have all had the experience of traveling in strange territory, of trying to find a place we haven't been before, and of turning...
Altering Attitudes – Sunday, October 25, 1953
There is a profound thought in these words of William James: "The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives...
Concerning Suppositions – Sunday, October 18, 1953
As young people face their formal education, there may be many puzzling questions that present themselves, some of which concern the constant discovery of new...
The Unanswered Questions – Sunday, October 11, 1953
No doubt all of us are troubled at times by the unanswered questions of life. No doubt all of us are given to wondering at...
Keeping Up … and Catching Up – October 04, 1953
We recall the often-quoted comment of Lewis Carroll's Red Queen: "Now here, you see, it takes all the running you can do to keep in...
The Weight of the Future – Sunday, September 27, 1953
Sometimes we may feel overpowered and depressed by the tasks that lie before us, by the undone things that we have yet to do.
Hate – and the Hollow Heart – Sunday, September 20, 1953
Among the long list of things that make men unhappy, none is more devoutly to be avoided than hate in the human heart. And among...
On Harvesting too Soon – Sunday, September 13, 1953
In days of restlessness and of uncertainty, sometimes people (all people, including young people) are disposed under pressure to make shortsighted decisions—decisions that seem attractive...