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 The author  of  "The  Art  of  Being  Happy"  says:

"A great  secret  for  preserving  peace  of  heart  is  to  do nothing  with  overeagerness,  but  to  act  always  calmly, without  trouble  or  disquiet.  We  are  not  asked  to  do much,  but  to  .  do  well.  At  the  Last  Day  God  will  not examine  if  we  have  performed  a  multitude  of  works, but  if  we  have  sanctified  our  souls  in  doing  them  Now the  means  of  sanctifying  ourselves  is  to  do  everything for  God  and  to  do  perfectly  whatever  we  have  to  do The  works  that  have  as  their  motive  vanity  or  selfishness make  us  neither  better  nor  happier,  and  we  shall receive  no  reward  for  them."

Cultivate a  cheerful  temper. Says the  Wise  Man  in the  Book  of  Proverbs:  "A  joyful  mind  maketh  age flourishing:  a  sorrowful  spirit  drieth  up  the  bones" (Prov. xvii.  22).

Look at  the  bright  side  of  things.

" Two  men  looked  out  through  their  prison  bars; The  one  saw  mud,  and  the  other  stars."

— Stevenson.

"A poet,"  writes  Father  Russell,  "was  gazing  on' day  at  a  beautiful  rose-tree.  'What  a  pity/  said  he 'that  these  roses  have  thorns!'  A  man  who  was  passing by  said  to  him:  'Let  us  rather  thank  our  good  God for  having  allowed  these  thorns  to  have  roses/  Ah! how  ought  we  also  to  thank  Him  for  so  many  joys  that He  grants  to  us  in  spite  of  our  sins,  instead  of  complaining about  the  slight  troubles  that  He  sends  us! "

owadays we  hear  and  read  frequently  about "Don't-Worry Clubs." Membership in  one  of