In proportion as a man's backbone weakens his wishbone seems to develop.
The ten dollar a week man spends his time saying: "I wish I had the luck other people have." He says: "I wish I had this place, or I wish I had that job." He is ever wishing.
Things in our body, whether muscle or bone, develop by usage, and if we use the wishbone all the time it will develop into huge proportions. On the other hand if we develop our backbone and use it frequently, we may not have cause to use the wishbone so much.
Brace up. Stand erect. Strengthen your backbone and, with it, your jaw bone.
Say "I will" instead of "I wish." The world bestows her prizes on men with backbone and the blanks on those who use their wishbone.
Do Good
Doing good is planting seed, the harvest may not show at present but in the future you are going to reap it.
A man is paid back precisely in the same coin he pays out. If he plants weeds or mean impulses the harvest will be weeds and mean impulses. If he plants seed of good deeds he will harvest good deeds.
Centuries ago it was said "Cast your bread upon the waters and it will return to you many-fold."