Learn to Be Methodical

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 28, 1907

Learn to Be Methodical

EVERY man and woman who has amounted to much has been distinguished early by a power to work hard. Genius alternates periods of frantic application with spells of idleness in which spent forces recover tone; but talent proceeds more steadily and smoothly. Its rests are regular and its work more methodical. Without method it is lost, and I believe there is no more certain sign of superior ability in a child than an innate tendency to methodize his labors and the disposal of his time. In order to bring to fruition any germ of this healthy and beautiful faculty, teach the little one from his earliest years to be regular in all his habits; not merely to have a place for his belongings, but a special hour for special duties. Encourage him to regulate his life in accordance with rules which he himself has chosen. Let him experiment and find out the defects of his system, that he may reform it continually, until he has arranged one that can stand.—Christian Uplook.