--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 3 number: 8 published: 1900-06 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Notes," *Improvement Era* 3, no. 8 (June 1900): 630.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera38unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera38unse start_page: 630 end_page: 630 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1900-06) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera38unse publication_year: 1900 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1900, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Notes NOTES. A prize of twenty-five dollars was recently awarded Mrs. Irene Green by the Penny Magazine, for the best reply to the question: What is the most important thing in life? Her reply was: Love is enough. It contributes more to the perfectness of life than any other influence. It permeates the soul with radiance, and through this light reveals the beauty of design in all creation. It covers the cardinal virtues of hope, faith and charity, ^and brings contentment. Nothing is perverted in the life where universal love abides. All is as it should be, and what is more important in life than that which leaves nothing to be desired. One of the first things to learn in life is the power of quick, prompt and energetic decision, the decision which is not always coming up for reconsideration when opposing arguments are presented. It is infinitely better to make mistakes by deciding too quickly, or by making a wrong decision, than to be always vacillating, hanging in the balance, not knowing what to do. No one can hope to succeed in these days, when every one is pusher or pushed, — who has not positive force, the power of rapid and firm decision. The man who hesitates today, who stands still, not knowing which way to go, will very soon find himself pushed one side by forceful men. J. Lincoln Brooks.