Cut out envy; that's a mighty bad negative wire. It's the devil's favorite food to make worry and discontent. Many of the people you envied in the past are dead and buried. Many of the people you envy now are at heart miserable, and you wouldn't envy them if you could look through the artificial outside and know their real hidden thoughts and lives. "What's-the-use;" that's a bad thing to say, it plants worry seed. You are all right, you have far more blessings than sorrows. You can never be free from troubles, cares or little irritations. Rise superior to these things; those around you are affected and susceptible to your influence and example. If you have a "but," and "if," a "don't," tied to every command to your children, they will recognize your uncertainty and your negative hurtful attitude, and they will take your threats, as well as your promises, with a grain of salt. Be careful in giving commands; don't put a Spanish bit in the children's mouths to jerk them and torture them. Be positive, make your promises and orders stick, and the kiddies will soon know you mean what you say. These negative "driving me crazy" sentences and attachments to your commands spell weakness and make you drive, cajole and spin out your orders and the children hesitate, and are slow to obey. Let them see your positive side. Let them learn to obey with a "yes, mamma" spirit and your orders will be less frequent, shorter and they will be obeyed on the instant. The kiddies learn to size you up, mamma, and if they see a wobbly, worried, despondent, unsure attitude in you, they will discount your threats and make allowances, saying "that's mamma's way." Don't show your cry side but show your smile side. Sunday is a great trial day for you, mamma, but don't let your negative wires get the best of you. Sing as you make the beds and tidy up; let sunshine in and drive out the gloom. Blue Sundays are horror days for the children; you can't expect them to sit still like older folks. They are full of red blood and active muscles. Don't make Sunday a day of punishment to your children. They get their cue from you. Don't you be negative and cross, and gloomy. It's bad business for you and all the family. WALKING The Best Exercise I Know of The benefits of walking are so quickly apparent that I hope to get you to make the start and keep it up for two weeks, and then you will require no further urging. In walking there are two things most important to do in order to get the greatest benefits: first--walk alone; second--walk your natural gait. So many people tell me they would like to walk all, or part of the way, between their home and office if they had company.