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April
1971
world - do to find real happiness and
ful1illment?
The Solution
Listen to a runaway girl who found
answers to her needs:
"1 am trying to get
involved
(for the
first time in m
y
life)
constrttctively.
1
am sick of being a hippie - living
common law with my boyfriend on
drugs, etc. 1 have returned home to my
parents with my child and am planning
to continue my education. My running
away and dropping out of
socíety
a year
ago only caused a lot of pain to all
concerned."
The greatest need today is for people
who have the courage to do more than
just show their contempt for the
world. Recognizing that something is
terminally wrong with society is the
FIRST STEP
toward a solution to our
per–
sonal
problems. But one must not stop
there. He must do
something positive.
The way to really help solve this
world's problems is to start by making
J'O"
a better person. Bombing out the
old world with human hands in hopes
it will bring in the new is not the way.
An old proverb says that before you
start trying to take the splinter out of
your brother's eye, you had better
extract the beam from your own.
Change begins at your doorstep. You
change yourself first. You live a respon–
sible life - a life
FREE
of the bate,
fighting, greed around you. Once you
do that, you will be in a position to
see more clearly what needs to be done
to help the world.
The problems of this world result
from a
GETTING
attitude. People gener–
ally live just the opposite of the bíblica!
principie: "It's more blessed to give
than to receive." But don't try to force
others to give to you; you give to others.
We can solve a multitude of prob–
lems by lookíng after
others' interests
as
vigorously as we do our own. This is
especially applicable within the family.
What a change we would find in any
family if the parents and the children
really tried to put each others' interests
above their own - if they continually
searched for ways to make each other
happy. Not just themselves.
The only trouble with the
giving,
loving principie
is that the human fam-
The
PLAIN TRUTH
23
HOW
your PLAIN TRUTH sub–
scription has been paid
Many ask, "WHY can't
1
pay
for my own subscription? HOW
can you publish such a quality
magazine without advertising reve–
nue?"
This organization operates in
a
way
none ever did before. These
entire worldwide enterprises started
very small. The Editor had given
a series of lectures in Eugene, Ore–
gon in 1933, on tbe laws of success
in life. Individual failures and col–
lective world troubles have resulted
from wrong principies wbich moti–
vate human sodety.
This world's approach to life
operates on tbe philosophy of self–
centeredness - of getting, acquir–
ing, and of envy, jealousy and
hatred. The lectures' reversed tbe
approach, showing that the way to
real success
-
peace, happiness and
abundant well-being- is
the way
of outgoing concern for others
equal to that for self - actually
the
giving,
serving, cooperating
way.
Response was surprising and en–
thusiastic. A number of lives
about-faced. The manager of Radio
Station KORE, and about a dozen
others of very ordinary means,
volunteered to contribute regularly
toward getting this knowledge to
more people by radio.
For seven years previously, tbe
Editor had envisioned a monthly
magazine to be named
T
he
PLAIN
TRUTH. Now, by starting it as a
mimeographed "magazine" the way
had opened.
The first week in January 1934,
The
WORLD TOMORROW pro–
gram started on the air. On Feb–
ruary
1,
that year,
The
PLAIN
ily has never reaUy tried it! Yet, the
giving attitude brings what everyone is
seeking.
Everybody enjoys living next door to
someone who is deeply concerned for
others - responsible, reliable, doesn't
kili, steal, lust for bis or her mate, covet
his property, lie or cheat. We all like
this kind of neighbor.
TRUTH made its most humble
bow. Response was gratifying. It
was something
different
-
some–
thing
right
-
something vitally
needed
-
something containing
vitality and life!
There was no request for con–
tributions. It prodaimed the
givi1zg
way, and had to practice what it
advocated. A small few contribu–
tors joined in tbe cause
voluntarily.
Little by little, gradually, listeners
and readers became
voluntary
Co–
Workers. They
wanted
to bave a
part in expanding this unique and
tteeded
Work.
Growth seemed slow. But it was
steady and continuous, at the rate
of approximately 30% a year. Tbat
rate of growth has continued for
36 years. We were advocating THE
WAY of GIVING, not getting. To
put a price on our magazine cr
other literature would bave seemed
inconsistent. So we never have.
Although you cannot pay for
your own subscription, we do,
gratefully accept contributions, vol–
untarily given, tbougb we never
solicit the public for financia!
support.
We
believe
in what we are
doing, and THE WAY it is being
done. Our ever-growing family of
volunteer Co-W orkers believe in it,
and gladly
give
of their incomes
that we, with tbem, may GIVE
these precious success secrets to an
ever-widening number of readers,
listeners, viewers. Tbese operations
today are having a dynamic impact
on
150
million people, worldwide.
Our happy Co-Workers join in
a sincere THANK YOU for allow–
ing us tbe pleasure of serving you.
lt gives us lasting pleasure.
Try this loving, g1vmg way of life.
We guarantee you will be immeasurably
happier. And the good
it
produces for
others will be immense. It makes no
difference whether you are a parent
or a teen-ager. lt's a spiritual law
that is going to make families
the whole world - happy when it's
obeyed. O