Show THE TONIC OF CHEERFUL CHEEn FUL THOUGHT 1 george 13 brownell ownell Cr life here on the earth plane has a high and holy purpose no mo one cemes by accident every one is i ush areld into me with a well vel defined pattern or p an to work out every one is placed in the environment be best st suited to his we are arc all her here 2 to externalize the divine light of the soul and to draw out its hidden trens ures but many not n t realizing this rebel at their lot difficulties arc lessons they bre are blessings in disguise and when we meet them in the right spirit they build larger vision greater understanding power and a divi diviner iner personality sona lity obstacles obstacle are always without I 1 exception opportunities and alvs ings never otherwise every back is tempered I 1 to its burden the promise is As ar thy days so shall thy strength he be and i I 1 every man has rne ens strength to meet niec t iria cne days deman Is ic is i when he vor 0 o ric and fears arl im aits nits about the I 1 future that his it is icat trod it is is n ais 10 1111 ul the bue bu lan i of tomorrow mor morrow rov to uda of andry tit th it 11 he 3 f falters 11 beneath the nal boal one on of the weaknesses cs of 1 uman understanding is the belief that my particular bundle of difficulties and hardships is heavier than in alses and many people when the they v read an artice like this will pass it up thinking it applies to others bir net to them their lot in their c cs tim stirn is always the exception to lament over troubles to recite I 1 I 1 them to does not improve coni editions dit ions but makes matters worse there is always more or less les self I 1 pity back of the rehearsing of our 1 difficulties to others or the wearing of a sad face or depressed coulten t i ane As we all know self pity is not the quality of a conqueror or la a son of god which chich every one is i all that befalls us is largely due to past mistakes wrong thinking or lack of vision etc when this is s so 1 i the logical procedure is to get the lesson add it to your stock of wisdom and move on with 4 resolute heart success and failure are largely a matter of thinking and we all have the power to choose the thoughts we shall permit to enter our minds and world condemning others or blaming others for our hardships and difficulties is a mistake A man himself is ganci n I 1 ally the cause of whatever co meito him and what he himself hadnot caused must have a good lesson in it for him As a man thicket ll 11 in his heart so is he thought is a magnet and brings us good or ill according to its quality or plane of vibration many look to the immediate i now f the causes of their t troubles ou and seeing none cannal understand why they are afflicted but with a e of lifes laws particularly ticul arly the great law of cause and effect they will look farther back and deeper to find the seed scattered somewhere through the years from which spring sprang the troublesome weeds condemnation and criticism of others hults hints no one but ones self these things create an atmosphere about one that repels c e and wards off ones good businessmen who have grown pessimistic faultfinding and critical have driven customers away and ruined their business those who came to buy sensing the discordant atmosphere oft on en unconsciously changed their minds and went elsewhere optimism cheer goodwill look 1 I 1 in ax for the good in others will certainly bring that good out habitual gloomy and pessimistic thoughts color ones spectacles and darken one sout look upon life whereas jhc reas chear and goodsil good wil cleir clear them and bring cut the good in everything nothing is more contagious than a cheerful wind and a genial personality it 1 is a healthful influence to be A it is a tonic to every on it is said of the standard oil co that they ate makin making america polite they hire men lien to ino manage nage their serving stations who are cheerful accommodating neat and who create such a pleasing impression that tile the customer likes i to patronize them and is magnetised magnetized iback back again all the great te ahers athers of time have touched clied upon these things you find Itou I 1 the golden rule in every great belig ion that has survived these great teachers gave the world gems of thought cubed from ages of experience with life the christ said by thy voids art thou justified an and d b by y thy words condemned ile he was referring to both their thinking and speaking fo for the spoken word is is simply thought expressed then he said again for every idle word a man shall speak he be shall give account there of in the day of judgement jud gement now the dakof ejof judgement jud gement has bas meant to many people ile a day in the after amter life when they shoud stand before a great judge mohave to hae judgement jud gement pronounced upon their past words tind ind deeds put but this is a not so the jv judgement jud gement dement day comes often in outlives our lives it is th day when cheit our thoughts bear fruit it may be today or tomorrow or years hence there are arc harvest times for thought just as there are for seed some seed lie in the ground arouni fr for years before germinating others spring forth the next day to love a 1 1 and bless all even ones enemies is the way to conquer A man we are acquainted with was done a great wrong by another instead of retaliating or getting even he decided to take the christ path and i bless the man one day thi this man came to see him greatly puzzled led and when he learned of his philosophy of life he became his best friend and has done much to help hint hini all who pass out of this life exper i 0 w bence an expansion of vision they see tile the who e past of their lives move before them like a cinema picture they see the causes and the effects of their dea creating ting and many with they could come hick back and right this and that but after ane silver coid is broken and the bowl broken brokers at the cis cistern terre the cord that connects the soul with the body and the pody body the bowl or receptacle that holds hodi life ife it is too late and they must take up the threads eads of life and com commence anew to mend the tears and defects and to compete the pattern started here in time they learn to follow the christ in radiating only love they learn on oil higher planes to iv bring brine cheering influences to others J which they are a e able to radiate through auric emanations and projection 0 thou thought forces they enter tile the path of service there and learn to build the right attitudes and to so mind that when they return if tay tl y do to this plane they wil have built into their consciousness th the strong desire to take advantage of all difficulties and hardships and turn them into blessings for the good of self and others |