READ AND REFLECT: Page 14

WHATEVER is worth doing is worth doing well;"-an age-worn saying but one which cannot be rung too often on human ears. We are mostly selfish-and all blame to us!-and this because the Light of the Lord within us is so bedimmed by the darkness of the lower nature. Our deeds are accomplished best when we put heart in them; when we see some gain accruing to us. Need I prove this? What is the Central pivot we turn upon? Attraction;-and its opposite, Repulsion. We take an interest in certain things. The former gives us a touch of pleasure, the latter causes pain. Both act diametrically; and the will, unable to assert itself, is unable to draw to itself the happiness-giving objects. Pain racks the soul. The aim of philosophy is to put an end to pain. It does not bring down upon us the gloom of despair, but the sunshine of Cheerfulness. Applying this to our actions we see how philosophy, in the positive sense, is a true helper. It hands us a weapon which cuts through difficulties. The weapon is Wisdom.