Try to Take Life More Humorously Tribune June 10 53 By Josephine Lowman Most people are candidates for early aging and the diseases of middle age, early death, or chronic fatigue or a grim personality, not because of the problems they have or the work they do, but because of the emotional strains and stresses which accompany them. How can you avoid these? Well, of course you cannot, entirely, but there is an art which can be learned with practice, one which is most fundamental. It is the art of developing cutoffs. This is not a question of not caring, of taking ones responsibilities lightly. It is the art of guiding your own life, You can do the same amount of work and even more and better work, and have more fun doing it, if you practice this art. Here are a few suggestions. 1. You have only so much energy. No one person can do everything. Decide what is important to you and to those you love, decide the way in which you will spend your energy most happily. Be absolutely stubborn when it comes to spending it otherwise. The world will not profit by your ill health, grim attitude, or nervous breakdown. We only come into contact with a small segment of the world and the best service we can give to the world as a whole, is to serve that segment to the best of our ability. 2. While being needed is important to the happiness of every human soul, do not take yourself too seriously. Remember that the sun would rise and the moon would shine, and life would go along much the same, even without you. You can best serve life when you have yourself in focus and are relaxed and rich in spirit. 3. Outside of real loss and tragedy, a sense of humor will make most of the things and situations we fret about seem unimportant, and even funny. 4. If you have your values straightened out you simply cannot be sensitive about what Mrs. So and So said about you, or waste energy about the dirty trick your business associate played on you. Glands are too valuable and life is too wide.