Are you a young wife whose dreams have not come true?
Do you sit and think of all your old friends, many of whom married young
men who are progressive? Do you think of their beautiful homes, their
pretty clothes, and their circle of cultured friends? You are glad they
are situated so comfortably and happily, but you can not help envying
them at times. How your thoughts must wander back over your courtship
days. You recall that your husband was the most promising young man of
that set. You recall how all the other girls envied you when you were
married. You recall how easy it would have been for you to have had
almost any of the other young men.
How the picture has changed!
Somehow that promising youth of a few years ago has not been the success
you were sure he would be. Somehow, he has fallen into a rut and is
satisfied with a small salary. He has lost his nerve. He has lost faith
in himself. He does not count the “up and doing” young men of your
community among his friends. He does not keep up his personal
appearance. Every single thing about him has changed so. He has no
ambition to climb up the ladder of success.
You alone realize and worry about this sudden change. You know what your
friends are saying about both of you. How often you have heard them
refer to someone in your circumstances “the poor thing. I feel so sorry
for her. She doesn’t know anything but poverty and worry.”
Like all the rest there are two courses you can follow. One will lead
you to poverty and hardships, and the other to prosperity and happiness.
You alone can be the stimulant for your husband. You must lead the way
if you expect to revive his energy and ambition. You know very well he
is capable if only he would muster up and try.
Are you content to go along hoping for the best? Each year you are both
getting a little deeper in the rut—the rut that will finally submerge
you so deep that your old friends who are now starting on the right road
will forget about you.
Think how different life would be if you lived in a pretty home. If you
felt satisfied you were going up the ladder instead of down, down, down,
year after year.
Would you prove yourself capable of doing things if you had the
opportunity? Don’t credit the success of your friends to luck. When they
saw an opportunity they took advantage of it. We are laying right before
your eyes a number of plans which will start you and your discouraged
husband on the road to success. Will you pass it by?