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to me must mean something.

I think every man jack of us has got to find his own God in his own heart and not until then does he really get a belief in religion. I don't believe in praying just when I want something. I believe to reap the benefit of prayer one has to make it such a practice that it gets to be the usual thing to hold communion with Him.

I thank Him at the end of the day for the good things that have happened to me, for the work that came my way. I go so far as to send Birthday Greetings on Christmas Eve to His Son and New Years greetings on New Years Eve to Him and His Son and All the rest. Silly? Maybe. I don't think so. It always makes me feel sort of good when I do that. I've done it for years now. I don't know if it does any good or means anything, but it makes me feel good and I like to do it so I do it and will continue to do it.

You talk of a philosophy of living. I don't think I have lived long enough yet to evolve one. I don't think any man has until he reaches the age of 50 or thereabouts. Yet I also believe that every man, no matter how young he may be, has evolved some sort of half-baked principle by which he lives, though he may not see it as such, or recognize it as such.

You talk of always looking for the beautiful. Isn't that perhaps the same thing so many people call "Idealism"? Always seeing the beautiful, or rather, always seeing everything as beautiful? Then I fear maybe I am like you. I don't know for sure. But this I do know -- man would find his lot much more wonderful if he went through life with a song on his lips, laughter in his heart, a ready joke for the world. Look about you and lo and behold, in everything, no matter how dark and gloomy, you can find something bright and cheerful. No matter how dour the occurrence you can find some relieving chuckle, something funny. Maybe my sense of humor has something to do with it.

I don't worry much. I have long know that to worry didn't help at all. All the fretting in the world wouldn't make things a bit better. You have to get out and do something about it. If you have the faith and the confidence in yourself you should have, then the morrow will take care of itself.

I believe in crossing my bridges when I come to them, yet I also believe in having my little barrow of tools along in case I do come to one. I believe in being always prepared to the best of my ability, yet I do not think about using them or worrying that around the next turn in the road I'll need them and maybe I won't be able to do anything with them anyway.

Isn't faith a marvellous thing?

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to me must mean something. I think every man jack of us has got to find his own God in his own heart and not until then does he really get a belief in religion. I don't believe in praying just when I want something. I believe to reap the benefit of prayer one has to make it such a practice that it gets to be the usual thing to hold communion with Him. I thank Him at the end of the day for the good things that have happened to me, for the work that came my way. I go so far as to send Birthday Greetings on Christmas Eve to His Son and New Years greetings on New Years Eve to Him and His Son and All the rest. Silly? Maybe. I don't think so. It always makes me feel sort of good when I do that. I've done it for years now. I don't know if it does any good or means anything, but it makes me feel good and I like to do it so I do it and will continue to do it. You talk of a philosophy of living. I don't think I have lived long enough yet to evolve one. I don't think any man has until he reaches the age of 50 or thereabouts. Yet I also believe that every man, no matter how young he may be, has evolved some sort of half-baked principle by which he lives, though he may not see it as such, or recognize it as such. You talk of always looking for the beautiful. Isn't that perhaps the same thing so many people call "Idealism"? Always seeing the beautiful, or rather, always seeing everything as beautiful? Then I fear maybe I am like you. I don't know for sure. But this I do know -- man would find his lot much more wonderful if he went through life with a song on his lips, laughter in his heart, a ready joke for the world. Look about you and lo and behold, in everything, no matter how dark and gloomy, you can find something bright and cheerful. No matter how dour the occurrence you can find some relieving chuckle, something funny. Maybe my sense of humor has something to do with it. I don't worry much. I have long know that to worry didn't help at all. All the fretting in the world wouldn't make things a bit better. You have to get out and do something about it. If you have the faith and the confidence in yourself you should have, then the morrow will take care of itself. I believe in crossing my bridges when I come to them, yet I also believe in having my little barrow of tools along in case I do come to one. I believe in being always prepared to the best of my ability, yet I do not think about using them or worrying that around the next turn in the road I'll need them and maybe I won't be able to do anything with them anyway. Isn't faith a marvellous thing? 14