There is a story of an old woman who was very uncomfortable
in her temper. She was always fretting and worrying and
complaining. Nothing ever went right with her, and everybody was
tired of her continual crossness and grumbling.
At last, late in her life, there came a change over her, and
this cross, crabbed old woman grew gentle, patient and amiable.
She was so altered from her former self that one of her
neighbors took courage to ask her how it was that she, who had
always found life so full of prickles, now seemed to touch the
smooth and pleasant side of everything.
“Well,” said she, “I’ll tell you how it is. I’ve been all my
life a-struggling and a-striving for a contented mind, and now
I’ve made up my mind to sit down contented without it.”
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See OPTIMISM.
=Contentment More than Raiment=--See CHARACTER MORE THAN CLOTHING.
=Contest, Made for=--See BODY, MASTERING THE.
=Contingency=--See COMMON PROBLEM, THE.
=Continuity of Life=--See LIFE, CONTINUED.
=Contraband Traffic=--See EVIDENCE, PROVIDENTIAL.
=Contraction of Stomach=--See ADAPTATION.
=Contrariness=--See DOURNESS.