Show optimistic THINKING during these days of uncertainty when we are faced with problems that seem too great a burden to accept or try to overcome it is biall to form a habit of looking on the bright I 1 t side of life beyond the present moment and into a brighter things or conditions combine to I 1 f future whenever persons 1 make the way dif difficult f there is scarcely a person or a f family am who are not in some way involved in conditions that call for the most optimistic kind of thoughts tal in order to see their way thru the perplexities of living now what effects us as a nation also reflects itself upon the people who form the nations and we have but to read the being broadcast daily which papers or hear the reports indicate that we in america are facing still greater uncertainties and dangers as the aftermath of world war 11 II which will inevitably lead to a third and last conflict in the very near future but it is not of nations or of world conditions we would speak now but in regard to individuals who must bear the brunt of whatever may be in store for them during the remaining years of this old order of living As a nation we have always been easygoing easy going and optimistic leaving it to those who are elected to serve in high places to make the laws which govern our relationships trusting in their integrity and honesty to work for the general good of all rather than for benefits to themselves we are now learning that in addition to we in must u st put our shots 1 ito into action in a recent release from george peck of new york city who sends weekly messages entitled the american way we received one offered by dr norman vincent peale under the caption used above in which he points out that the reason for our present national discord and the unrest is the fact that we are so accustomed to think negatively in this country there is little wonder we often get negative results this would seem to be contrary to our altho we admit that during the p past 3 ast few years the average person has become pessimistic pesi as result of conditions that are becoming worse from week to week dr peale refers to a volume of wise sayings written by marcus aurelius which contains ideas that can be used to good advantage now he uses one as an example A mans life is what his thoughts make of it and he further says tho the wo world ald you live in is not determined primarily by outside facts or conditions by people or things by governments or administrations primarily the world you live in in is determined by what goes on in your brain some people say that the wisest ma n who ever lived in the united states was ralph waldo emerson who saida man is what he thinks about all day long another paragraph in this discourse expresses our own in regard to optimistic tb thinking inking which may help those who will practise it to come safely thru the uncertain days that lie ahead for us as individuals or as a nation dr peale states obviously a person thinks about many things in the course of a day but beneath b all this is one basic or primary thought which governs and colors all his other thoughts if this basic thought is negative all of his thoughts will be tinctured neo negatively natively gat ively if on the contrary this primary thought is positive everything will be bright and hopeful and optimistic As a result a man will get to believing so thoroughly in himself in the world in which he lives in his country and in his god that nothing can hold him back he will just go forward in spite of all difficulties because that is the kind of world his mind is creating for him this statement brings to mind another fine article in a recent issue of a masonic publication it was written by chaplain edwin R hartz and entitled go it alone in which he states that even when we are surrounded by those we love or who may love us the fact remains that each one of us must travel some roads a lone jt is what we decide when we are alone when we are face to face with deep down self inside that determines what we will do when we are with others how very true this statement and it but proves again again that if thoughts are negative the individual will find little bap happiness in life while on the contrary if positive thoughts rule no matter what the condition or problem we fac face e may be there is hope for the individual to master the situation and come thru to victory another fine paragraph f fol ol 01 lows some battles must be fought in no mans land some SOM e tasks must be accomplished some mistakes lived down an and d some victories won in solitude life calls upon us to make choices once a choice is made a man must abide by that issue issue and share its responsibilities and destiny if a man solitary and alone chooses the high way there are spiritual powers that flood thru him and lift his heart and mind as a river is lifted and greatened when the tide comes flooding back into it from the sea only optimistic thinking and acting will bring a person thru any trial and if we will keep in mind over and above I 1 all that many of the things happening today are but opportunities tuni ties for us to prove that we CAN rise above conditions not to our liking we will find the silver lining in the clouds and build for our ourselves pelves the kind of future born 0 of optimistic thinking which will bring us thru to victory in the final analysis |