Well, I must walk now

There are troubles or misfortunes which have already passed — why should we vex ourselves over these? We cannot help sorrowing, when a loved one has been taken from us — but why should we refuse to acquiesce in the will of God?

When some misfortune has taken money from us, or when some turn in affairs has hurt our worldly interests — why should we sit down and grieve over the loss?

Worry will not retrieve it, nor give us back the old favorable conditions.

It is a great deal more sensible for us to face the fact of our diminished resources, or to accept the new and changed conditions, adjusting ourselves to them, and go right on with our life.

He was a wise traveler who, when his horse died, said, " Well, I must walk now ," and trudged on with cheerful energy.

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