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Peraitt
Official Organ Of The Slavonic Benevolent Order Of The State Of Texas, Founded 1897.
VOLUME 58 — NO. 28
BROTHERHOOD
HUMANITY
BENEVOLENCE
Postmaster: Please Send Form 3579 with Undeliverable Copies to: SUPREME LODGE SPJST, POB 100, TEMPLE, TEX 76501
JULY 15, 1970
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK To all of ()or most urgent and advisable to pay careful attention to the last paragraph of Bro. Joe B. Hejn.y's letter under Special Notice. We are happy to report that Brother Jerome Kepecicy, our Czech Linotype operator, came back to work Wednesday, July 5, and has been here every day since. Naturally, he was welcomed by all of us and we are sincerely glad to see him up and around again, although we know that it is a hardship for him. He fell into the press "well" (pit under the press, four feet deep). In the fall, he fractured a small ankle bone in his left foot. His left leg is in a cast and he cannot put any weight on it. Naturally, i‘o rating a Linotype machine in that condition is burdensome, but he gets around on crutches remarkably well and displays a great amount of determination to accomplish his tasks. Needless to say, it was with a sigh of relief on the part of all of us here at the print shop to see him return. Happiness in our life is indeed something very valuable and something we too often overlook. Without it and health, what do we really have left? Let us take a good look at this word ppiness. Ihippiness depends upon the cultiva-
EPILOGUE e for rest, my love; the flame that blazed So high between us now is flickering low. Having known splendor once and having gazed Straight at the sun, now that it is time to go Into the dimness, into the quiet, the lonely Sad realm of mercy, let us study to be brave. We are not the first, we are not the only Lovers from whom life took back what it gave; The hour has come, and the clock is slowly striking Bidding us part, and into solitude descend. Futile our eager protests, our fierce disliking; The long , dear road we traveled has reached its end. tion and development of a creative outlook. on life, as well as the awareness of the unknown. Happiness eludes the individual who uses his precious talents destructively. A law of nature cannot be broken with impunity. No one can be forced to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is not attained by success, fame, or long life alone. The value of life lies in reSpon-
sibility for self. And the acknowledgement of responsibility is the acknowledgement of life's struggle. Happiness is the invisible by-product that comes from man's contest with nature from morning to evening, from plating to harvest, from beginning to end. Without a struggle, life is like an auto that was manufactured but never driven or scratched. Happiness is twice mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, most notably in this sentence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men . . . are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." A discourse on the pursuit of happiness would appear to be more properly a subject for philosophers. Happiness and pleasures it affords are stuck together with water-proof glue. Pleasant friendships and harmonious marriages which provide so much of our happiness do not just happen overnight. They require the best of our efforts. The kindness and love we extend toward others or receive ourselves must of necessity be creative in nature. Fear, hatred, jealousy, misery, callousness to feelings of others are the dividends that accrue from destructive thoughts and actions. Happiness is the result of our personal growth — the measure of our success