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Show For Meditation I g By LEONARD A. BARRETT g . AS A MAN THINKETH THOUGHTS are the determinative factors in character. A man is what he is in the organic unity of his secret thinking. Thoughts make character. char-acter. The last thought we permit to hold our mind's attention controls our actions. An evil thought, which has a destructive de-structive relation to character can be overcome by the constructive value of good thought It is impossible to have light and darkness dark-ness in the same room at the same time. No person can think an evil thought and a good thought at exactly the same moment. The presence of the one dispels the other. As sunlight sun-light drives away the darknes-s, so good thoughts dispel evil thoughts. The contrary is also true that evil thoughts make impossible the presence pres-ence of good thoughts. Either one or the other must prevail. Life is a matter of thought control. An action is impossible without a thought back of it. Our lives are only thoughts in action. There is nothing mysterious or mystical about this thing called destiny. It is simply sim-ply an effect operating in the field of character. Thoughts make character and character determires destiny. The most encouraging thing about it all is that we control our own thinking, think-ing, or at least have the privilege of so doing. Every person, unless he is insane, can be the master of his thoughts, tie chooses- his thoughts like he chooses other things in life. The salvation of character is largely large-ly a matter of choosing the right kind of thoughts, especially when we are facing a mental or physical combat. Thoughts are like lightning flashes they must be controlled and properly-directed, properly-directed, or a disaster will be the result. re-sult. Every man may he what he desires de-sires to be beeaus-e his thoughts make him. "As a man thinketh so is he." (fcl bv Western Newspaper linfc-n.) (1 |