A Cheery Temper.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 79, 1 March 1884, Page 2

A Cheery Temper.

In homely language, «to mako tlia best of things,?' or f «t6 look 6ii ike bnght side," is the habit of life that we approve m and the approval we giv.e those wtoact'in^ab temper implies our^ belief that the opposite modd is culpable. -It has been said that 1 'Che best of life is conversation; arid ; to conversation society is requisite. Certainly,, therofore-it i* much to our advantage to cultivate that side of our character which will make our company desirable; and we may resfc a«sured that no brilliance of speech, no attractiveness of manner,, no rare attainments or acquisition that may possess, will render our societyjSto welcome and so beloved as a cheerytempei'. Piide itself, might well come, to our aid, and bid us keep a countenance of chesr; for what, is a dejec^d! beariug but a confession that we hav©= not been able to hold our own m the-, battle of life—that we havo beeni worsted, and that. no. efforts we cam make are sufficient to restore to u& that which we have lostfe, or qan satisfy those desires which we have nourianed? Tis is an avowal which we should be? ashamed be to make m ;wprds. Whjv then, shpuld we publish (t in our demeanour? The self-reliant man, tbet man who is. ( able tq Help himself, audl othersf, aii^is" ijonsctous of tyave effdrtr. and' high eiideafoui*, will, 'despite v reverses, have the spirit "aid the fortitude to Comfort himself cheerily among his felW-meh ; and Will fiadtnat thia very cheer is a key to open to hin» men's hearts and homes at ; onco— is a magic power that finds him a chair at every table and,a plaee by eyeiy hearthsi«Je. He will find thfe> ! and he will recognise that it is blear that- he himself seeks m the ; intimacy ; and converse of frieads— cheep lhat. he i»eets,in his iuivoarji^e pleasiiresrr^cheißt.tliat i»: offered tor. him by the lessons of religioo; that it is this that makes the live and ripplirtg brook the darjing of the gloommg woodland-^it is ! this ! tbafc make» me glowworm the darling of the jmdbnless August night-it is this tfcat iiiakea .Ui? t.rpbiQ the darling jaf Me. n\&ik winter mo.r^ng, when theJtrcc>s aw» leafless und the snow is abroad, and] no. .other, bird iios. heart ta sing^ •