,thoughts ,i ,met ,on the ,highway ,words ,of ,friendly ,cheer ,from ,the ,life ,books ,by ,ralph ,waldo ,trine ,new ,york ,dodd1 ,mead ,company #aiai ,copyright #aiab ,by ,ralph ,waldo ,trine 99 99 99 99 99 ,,by ,,ralph ,,waldo ,,trine ,the ,life ,books ,,in ,,the ,,hollow ,,of ,,his ,,hand ,,the ,,new ,,alinement ,,of ,,life ,,the ,,land ,,of ,,living ,,men ,,what ,,all ,,the ,,world',s ,a-,,seeking ,,in ,,tune ,,with ,,the ,,infinite2 or ,fullness of ,peace1 ,power and ,plenty ,,the ,,higher ,,powers ,,of ,,mind ,,and ,,spirit4 ,,this ,,mystical ,,life ,,of ,,ours ,a volume of selections for each week through the year1 from the ,author's complete works4 ,the ,life ,booklets ,,on ,,the ,,open ,,road ,,thoughts ,i ,,met ,,on ,,the ,,highway ,,the ,,winning ,,of ,,the ,,best ,,the ,,greatest ,,thing ,,ever ,,known ,,every ,,living ,,creature ,,character-,,building ,,thought ,,power ,,dodd1 ,,mead ,,company ,,new ,,york 99 99 99 99 99 ,thoughts are forces--like builds like and like attracts like4 ,thoughts of strength both build strength from within and attract it from without4 ,thoughts of weakness actualize weakness from within and attract it from without4 ,courage begets strength1 fear begets weakness4 ,and so courage begets success1 fear begets failure4 99 99 99 99 99 ,any way the old world goes ,happy be the weather6 ,with the red thorn or the rose ,singin' all together6 ,don't you see that sky o' blue6 ,good ,lord painted it for you ,reap the daisies in the dew ,singin' all together6 ,springtime sweet1 an' frosty fall ,happy be the weather6 ,earth has gardens for us all1 ,goin' on together4 ,sweet the labor in the light1 ,to the harvest's gold and white-- ,till the toilers say ,good night1 ,singin' all together6 99 99 99 99 99 ,there is no quality that exerts more good1 is of greater service to all mankind during the course of the ordinary life1 than the mind and the heart that goes out in an all-embracing love for all1 that is the generator and the circulator of a genuine1 hearty1 wholesome sympathy and courage and good cheer1 that is not disturbed or upset by the passing occurrence little or great1 but that is serene1 tranquil1 and conquering to the end1 that is looking for the best1 that is finding the best1 and that is inspiring the best in all4 ,there is moreover1 no quality that when genuine brings such rich returns to its possessor by virtue of the thoughts and the feelings that it inspires and calls forth from others and that come back laden with their peaceful1 stimulating1 healthful influences for you4 99 99 99 99 99 ,out of the night that covers me1 ,black as the ,pit from pole to pole1 ,i thank whatever gods may be ,for my unconquerable soul4 ,in the fell clutch of circumstance ,i have not winced nor cried aloud4 ,under the bludgeoning of chance ,my head is bloody1 but unbowed4 ,beyond this place of wrath and tears ,looms but the horror of the shade1 ,and yet the menace of the years ,finds and shall find me1 unafraid4 ,it matters not how strait the gate ,how charged with punishment the scroll1 ,i am the master of my fate2 ,i am the captain of my soul4 ,william ,earnest ,henley 99 99 99 99 99 ,thought is the great builder in human life3 it is the determining factor4 ,continually think thoughts that are good1 and your life will show forth in goodness1 and your body in health and beauty4 ,continually think evil thoughts1 and your life will show forth in evil1 and your body in weakness and repulsiveness4 ,think thoughts of love1 and you will love and will be loved4 ,think thoughts of hatred1 and you will hate and will be hated4 ,each follows its kind4 99 99 99 99 99 ,every day is a fresh beginning1 ,every morning is the world made new2 ,you who are weary of sorrow and sinning1 ,here is a beautiful hope for you1 ,a hope for me and a hope for you4 ,all the past things are past and over1 ,the tasks are done1 and the tears are shed4 ,yesterday's errors let yesterday cover2 ,yesterday's wounds1 which smarted and bled1 ,are healed with the healing which night has shed4 ,every day is a fresh beginning1 ,listen1 my soul1 to the glad refrain1 ,and1 spite of old sorrow and older sinning1 ,and puzzles forecasted1 and possible pain1 ,take heart with the day and begin again4 99 99 99 99 99 ,each morning is a fresh beginning4 ,we are1 as it were1 just beginning life4 ,we have it entirely in our own hands4 ,and when the morning with its fresh beginning comes1 all yesterdays should be yesterdays1 with which we have nothing to do4 ,sufficient is it to know that the way we lived our yesterday has determined for us our today4 ,and1 again1 when the morning with its fresh beginning comes1 all tomorrows should be tomorrows1 with which we have nothing to do4 ,sufficient to know that the way we live our today determines our tomorrow4 ,simply the first hour of this new day1 with all its richness and glory1 with all its sublime and eternity-determining possibilities1 and each succeeding hour as it comes1 but not before it comes--this is the secret of character building4 ,this simple method will bring any one to the realization of the highest life that can be even conceived of1 and there is nothing in this connection that can be conceived of that cannot be realized somehow1 somewhen1 somewhere4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the poem hangs on the berry-bush ,when comes the poet's eye1 ,and the whole street is a masquerade ,when ,shakespeare passes by4 99 99 99 99 99 ,this same ,shakespeare1 whose mere passing causes all this commotion1 is the one who put into the mouth of one of his creations the words3 ,the fault1 dear ,brutus1 is not in our stars1 but in ourselves1 that we are underlings4 ,and again he gave us a great truth when he said3 ,our doubts are traitors1 ,and make us lose the good we oft might win ,by fearing to attempt4 ,there is probably no agent that brings us more undesirable conditions than fear4 ,we should live in fear of nothing1 nor will we when we come fully to know ourselves4 ,an old ,french proverb runs3 ,some of your griefs you have cured1 ,and the sharpest you still have survived2 ,but what torments of pain you endured ,from evils that never arrived4 ,fear and lack of faith go hand in hand4 ,the one is born of the other4 ,tell me how much one is given to fear1 and ,i will tell you how much he lacks in faith4 ,fear is a most expensive guest to entertain1 the same as worry is3 so expensive are they that no one can afford to entertain them4 ,we invite what we fear1 the same as1 by a different attitude of mind1 we invite and attract the influences and conditions we desire4 99 99 99 99 99 ,to remain in nature always sweet and simple and humble1 and therefore strong4 ,whatever the weather may be1 says he1 ,whatever the weather may be1 ,it's the songs ye sing1 an' the smiles ye wear1 ,that's a-makin' the sun shine everywhere4 ,james ,whitcomb ,riley 99 99 99 99 99 ,sweetness of nature1 simplicity in manners and conduct1 humility without self-abasement1 give the truly kingly quality to men1 the queenly to women1 the winning to children1 whatever the rank or the station may be4 ,the life dominated by this characteristic1 or rather these closely allied characteristics1 is a natural well-spring of joy to itself and sheds a continual benediction upon all who come within the scope of its influence4 ,it makes for a life of great beauty in itself1 and it imparts courage and hope and buoyancy to all others4 99 99 99 99 99 ,there is no thing we cannot overcome2 ,say not thy evil instinct is inherited1 ,or that some trait inborn makes thy whole life forlorn2 ,and calls down punishment that is not merited4 ,back of thy parents and grandparents lies ,the ,great ,eternal ,will6 ,that too is thine ,inheritance1--strong1 beautiful1 divine1 ,sure lever of success for one who tries4 ,earth has no claim the soul cannot contest2 ,know thyself part of the ,eternal ,source2 ,naught can stand before thy spirit's force3 ,the soul's ,divine ,inheritance is best4 99 99 99 99 99 ,thought is at the bottom of all progress or retrogression1 of all success or failure1 of all that is desirable or undesirable in human life4 ,the type of thought we entertain both creates and draws conditions that crystallize about it1 conditions exactly the same in nature as is the thought that gives them form4 ,thoughts are forces1 and each creates of its kind1 whether we realize it or not4 ,the great law of the drawing power of the mind1 which says that like creates like1 and that like attracts like1 is continually working in every human life1 for it is one of the great immutable laws of the universe4 ,for one to take time to see clearly the things one would attain to1 and then to hold that ideal steadily and continually before his mind1 never allowing faith--his positive thought-forces--to give way to or to be neutralized by doubts and fears1 and then to set about doing each day what his hands find to do1 never complaining1 but spending the time that he would otherwise spend in complaint in focusing his thought-forces upon the ideal that his mind has built1 will sooner or later bring about the full materialization of that for which he sets out4 99 99 99 99 99 ,beauty seen is never lost1 ,god's colors all are fast2 ,the glory of this sunset heaven ,into my soul has passed1-- ,a sense of gladness unconfined ,to mortal1 date or clime2 ,as the soul liveth1 it shall live ,beyond the years of time4 ,beside the mystic asphodels ,shall bloom the home-born flowers1 ,and new horizons flush and glow ,with sunset hues of ours4 ,whittier 99 99 99 99 99 ,would you remain always young1 and would you carry all the joyousness and buoyancy of youth into your maturer years8 ,then have care concerning but one thing1--how you live in your thought world4 ,it was the inspired one1 ,gautama1 the ,buddha1 who said1--,the mind is everything2 what you think you become4 ,and the same thing had ,ruskin in mind when he said1--,make yourselves nests of pleasant thoughts4 ,none of us as yet know1 for none of us have been taught in early youth1 what fairy palaces we may build of beautiful thought--proof against all adversity4 ,and would you have in your body all the elasticity1 all the strength1 all the beauty of your younger years8 ,then live these in your mind1 making no room for unclean thought1 and you will externalize them in your body4 ,in the degree that you keep young in thought will you remain young in body4 ,and you will find that your body will in turn aid your mind1 for body helps mind the same as mind helps body4 99 99 99 99 99 ,there is a sacred ,something on all ways-- ,something that watches through the ,universe2 ,one that remembers1 reckons and repays1 ,giving us love for love1 and curse for curse4 ,edwin ,markham 99 99 99 99 99 ,the power of every life1 the very life itself1 is determined by what it relates itself to4 ,god is immanent as well as transcendent4 ,he is creating1 working1 ruling in the universe today1 in your life and in mine1 just as much as ,he ever has been4 ,we are too apt to regard ,him after the manner of an absentee landlord1 one who has set in operation the forces of this great universe1 and then taken ,himself away4 ,in the degree1 however1 that we recognize ,him as immanent as well as transcendent1 are we able to partake of ,his life and power4 ,for in the degree that we recognize ,him as the ,infinite ,spirit of ,life and ,power that is today1 at this very moment1 working and manifesting in and through all1 and then1 in the degree that we come into the realization of our oneness with this life1 do we become partakers of1 and so do we actualize in ourselves the qualities of his life4 ,in the degree that we open ourselves to the inflowing tide of this immanent and transcendent life1 do we make ourselves channels through which the ,infinite ,intelligence and ,power can work4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the robber is robbed by his riches2 ,the tyrant is dragged by his chain2 ,the schemer is snared by his cunning1 ,the slayer lies dead by the slain4 ,edwin ,markham 99 99 99 99 99 ,this is the law of prosperity3 ,when apparent adversity comes1 be not cast down by it1 but make the best of it1 and always look forward for better things1 for conditions more prosperous4 ,to hold yourself in this attitude of mind is to set into operation subtle1 silent1 and irresistible forces that sooner or later will actualize in material form that which is today merely an idea4 ,but ideas have occult power1 and ideas1 when rightly planted and rightly tended1 are the seeds that actualize material conditions4 ,never give a moment to complaint1 but utilize the time that would otherwise be spent in this way in looking forward and actualizing the conditions you desire4 ,suggest prosperity to yourself4 ,see yourself in a prosperous condition4 ,affirm that you will before long be in a prosperous condition4 ,affirm it calmly and quietly1 but strongly and confidently4 ,believe it1 believe it absolutely4 ,expect it1--keep it continually watered with expectation4 ,you thus make yourself a magnet to attract the things that you desire4 ,don't be afraid to suggest4 99 99 99 99 99 ,they might not need me--yet they might1 ,i'll let my heart be just in sight4 ,a smile so small as mine might be ,precisely their necessity4 ,emily ,dickinson 99 99 99 99 99 ,the grander natures and the more thoughtful are always looking for and in conversation dwelling on the better things in others4 ,it is the rule with but few1 if any exceptions1 that the more noble and worthy and thoughtful the nature1 the more it is continually looking for the best there is to be found in every life4 ,instead of judging or condemning1 or acquiring the habit that eventually leads to this1 it is looking more closely to and giving its time to living more worthily itself4 ,it is in this way continually unfolding and expanding in beauty and in power2 it is finding an ever-increasing happiness by the admiration and the love that such a life is always1 even though all unconsciously1 calling to itself from all sources4 ,it is the life that pays by many fold4 99 99 99 99 99 ,we just shake hands at meeting ,with many that come nigh ,we nod the head in greeting ,to many that go by-- ,but welcome through the gateway ,our few old friends and true2 ,then hearts leap up1 and straightway ,there's open house for you4 ,old friends4 ,there's open house for you6 ,gerald ,massey 99 99 99 99 99 ,many times the struggles are greater than we can ever know4 ,we need more gentleness and sympathy and compassion in our common human life4 ,then we will neither blame nor condemn4 ,instead of blaming or condemning we will sympathize4 ,comfort one another4 ,for the way is often dreary ,and the feet are often weary1 ,and the heart is very sad4 ,there is a heavy burden bearing1 ,when it seems that none are caring1 ,and we half forget that ever we were glad4 ,comfort one another ,with the hand-clasp close and tender4 ,with the sweetness love can render1 ,and the looks of friendly eyes4 ,do not wait with grace unspoken1 ,while life's daily bread is broken-- ,gentle speech is oft like manna from the skies4 ,and then when we fully realize the fact that selfishness is at the root of all error1 sin1 and crime1 and that ignorance is the basis of all selfishness1 with what charity we come to look upon the acts of all4 ,it is the ignorant man who seeks his own ends at the expense of the greater whole4 ,it is the ignorant man1 therefore1 who is the selfish man4 99 99 99 99 99 ,to get up immediately when we stumble1 face again to the light1 and travel on without wasting even a moment in regret4 99 99 99 99 99 ,we are on the way from the imperfect to the perfect2 some day1 in this life or some other1 we shall reach our destiny4 ,it is as much the part of folly to waste time and cripple our forces in vain1 unproductive regrets in regard to the occurences of the past as it is to cripple our forces through fears and forebodings for the future4 ,there is no experience in any life which if rightly recognized1 rightly turned and thereby wisely used1 cannot be made of value2 many times things thus turned and used can be made sources of inestimable gain2 ofttimes they become veritable blessings in disguise4 99 99 99 99 99 ',tis the sweetest thing to remember ,if courage be on the wane4 ,when the cold1 dark days are over-- ,why1 the birds go north again4 ,ella ,higginson 99 99 99 99 99 ,nothing is more subtle than thought1 nothing more powerful1 nothing more irresistible in its operations1 when rightly applied and held to with a faith and fidelity that is unswerving1--a faith and fidelity that never knows the neutralizing effects of doubt and fear4 ,if one have aspirations and a sincere desire for a higher and better condition1 so far as advantages1 facilities1 associates1 or any surroundings or environments are concerned1 and if he continually send out his highest thought forces for the realization of these desires1 and continually water these forces with firm expectation as to their fulfillment1 he will sooner or later find himself in the realization of these desires1 and all in accordance with natural laws and forces4 ,we are born to be neither slaves nor beggars1 but to dominion and to plenty4 ,this is our rightful heritage1 if we will but recognize and lay claim to it4 99 99 99 99 99 ,one who never turned his back1 but marched breast forward1 ,never doubted clouds would break1 ,never dreamed1 though right were worsted1 wrong would triumph1 ,held we fall to rise1 are baffled to fight better1 ,sleep to wake4 ,robert ,browning 99 99 99 99 99 ,will is the steady directing power3 it is concentration4 ,it is the pilot which1 after the vessel is started by the mighty force within1 puts it on its right course and keeps it true to that course4 ,will is the sun-glass which so concentrates and so focuses the sun's rays that they quickly burn a hole through the paper that is held before it4 ,the same rays1 not thus concentrated1 not thus focused1 would fall upon the paper for days without any effect whatever4 ,will is the means for the directing1 the concentrating1 the focusing1 of the thought-forces4 ,thought under wise direction1--this it is that does the work1 that brings results1 that makes the successful career4 ,one object in mind which we never lose sight of2 an ideal steadily held before the mind1 never lost sight of1 never lowered1 never swerved from1--this1 with persistence1 determines all4 ,nothing can resist the power of thought1 when thus directed by will4 99 99 99 99 99 ,to stand by one's friend to the uttermost end1 ,and fight a fair fight with one's foe2 ,never to quit and never to twit1 ,and never to peddle one's woe4 ,george ,brinton ,chandler 99 99 99 99 99 ,the fearing1 grumbling1 worrying1 vascillating do not succeed in anything and generally live by burdening1 in some form or another1 someone else4 ,they stand in the way of1 they prevent their own success2 they fail in living even an ordinary healthy1 normal life2 they cast a blighting influence over and they act as a hindrance to all with whom they at any time come in contact4 ,the pleasures we take captive in life1 the growth and advancement we make1 the pleasure and benefit our company or acquaintanceship brings to others1 the very desirability of our companionship on the part of others--all depend upon the types of thought we entertain and live most habitually with4 99 99 99 99 99 ,no one could tell me where my ,soul might be4 ,i searched for ,god but ,god eluded me4 ,i sought my brother out and found all there4 ,ernest ,crosby4 99 99 99 99 99 ,in the degree that we love will we be loved4 ,thoughts are forces4 ,each creates of its kind4 ,each comes back laden with the effect that corresponds to itself and of which it is the cause4 ,then let your secret thoughts be fair-- ,they have a vital part1 and share ,in shaping words and moulding fate2 ,god's system is so intricate4 ,if our heart goes out in love to all with whom we come in contact1 we inspire love and the same ennobling and warming influences of love always return to us from those in whom we inspire them4 ,there is a deep scientific principle underlying the precept--,if you would have all the world love you1 you must first love all the world4 99 99 99 99 99 ,it was only a glad ,good morning6 ,as she passed along the way1 ,but it spread the morning glory ,over the livelong day4 99 99 99 99 99 ,by example and not by precept4 ,by living1 not by preaching4 ,by doing1 not by professing4 ,by living the life1 not by dogmatizing as to how it should be lived4 ,there is no contagion equal to the contagion of life4 ,whatever we sow1 that shall we also reap1 and each thing sown produces of its kind4 ,we can kill not only by doing another bodily injury directly1 but we can and we do kill by every antagonistic thought4 ,not only do we thus kill1 but while we kill we suicide4 ,many a man has been made sick by having the ill thoughts of a number of people centered upon him2 some have been actually killed4 ,put hatred into the world and we make it a literal hell4 ,put love into the world and heaven with all its beauties and glories becomes a reality4 ,not to love is not to live1 or it is to live a living death4 ,the life that goes out in love to all is the life that is full1 and rich1 and continually expanding in beauty and in power4 ,such is the life that becomes ever more inclusive1 and hence larger in its scope and influence4 99 99 99 99 99 ,give us men6 ,strong and stalwart ones3 ,men whom highest hope inspires1 ,men whom purest honour fires1 ,men who trample ,self beneath them4 ,men who make their country wreathe them ,as her noble sons1 ,worthy of their sires1 ,men who never shame their mothers1 ,men who never fail their brothers1 ,true1 however false are others3 ,give us ,men--,i say again1 ,give us ,men6 ,the ,bishop of ,exeter 99 99 99 99 99 ,not repression1 but elevation4 ,would that this could be repeated a thousand times over6 ,no1 a knowledge of the spiritual realities of life prohibits asceticism1 repression1 the same as it prohibits license and perverted use4 ,to err on the one side is just as contrary to the ideal life as to err on the other4 ,all things are for a purpose1 all should be used and enjoyed2 but all should be rightly used1 that they may be fully enjoyed4 ,it is the all-around1 fully developed we want1--not the ethereal1 pale-blooded man and woman1 but the man and woman of flesh and blood1 for action and service here and now1--the man and woman strong and powerful1 with all the faculties and functions fully unfolded and used1 all in a royal and bounding condition1 but all rightly subordinated4 ,the man and the woman of this kind1 with the imperial hand of mastery upon all1--standing1 moving thus like a king1 nay1 like a very ,god1--such is the man and such is the woman of power4 ,such is the ideal life3 anything else is one-sided1 and falls short of it4 99 99 99 99 99 ,high thought and noble in all lands ,help me2 my soul is fed by such1 ,but oh1 at the touch of life and hands-- ,the human touch6 ,warm1 vital1 close1 life's ,symbol dear1-- ,these need ,i most1 and now and here4 ,richard ,burton 99 99 99 99 99 ,thoughts of strength both build strength from within and attract it from without4 ,thoughts of weakness actualize weakness from within and attract it from without4 ,courage begets strength1 fear begets weakness4 ,and so courage begets success1 fear begets failure4 ,it is the man or the woman of faith1 and hence of courage1 who is the master of circumstances1 and who make his or her power felt in the world4 ,it is the man or the woman who lacks faith and who as a consequence is weakened and crippled by fears and forebodings1 who is the creature of all passing occurences4 ,what one lives in his invisible thought world he is continually actualizing in his visible material world4 ,if he would have any conditions different in the latter he must make the necessary change in the former4 ,a clear realization of this great fact would bring success to thousands of men and women who all about us are now in the depths of despair4 ,it would bring health1 abounding health and strength to thousands now diseased and suffering4 ,it would bring peace and joy to thousands now unhappy and ill at ease4 99 99 99 99 99 ,i stay my haste1 ,i make delays1 ,for what avails this eager pace8 ,i stand amid eternal ways1 ,and what is mine shall know my face ,asleep1 awake1 by night or day1 ,the friends ,i seek are seeking me2 ,no wind can drive my bark astray1 ,nor change the tide of destiny-- ,the waters know their own1 and draw ,the brooks that spring in yonder height2 ,so flows the good with equal law ,unto the soul of pure delight4 ,the stars come nightly to the sky2 ,the tidal wave unto the sea2 ,nor time1 nor space1 nor deep1 nor high1 ,can keep my own away from me4 ,john ,burroughs 99 99 99 99 99 ,the thing that pays1 and that makes for a well balanced1 useful1 and happy life1 is not necessarily and is not generally a somber1 pious morality1 or any standard of life that keeps us from a free1 happy1 spontaneous use and enjoyment of all normal and healthy faculties1 functions1 and powers1 the enjoyment of all innocent pleasures--use1 but not abuse1 enjoyment1 but enjoyment through self-mastery and not through license or perverted use1 for it can never come that way4 ,look where we will1 in or out and around us1 we will find that it is the middle ground--neither poverty nor excessive riches1 good wholesome use without license1 a turning into the bye-ways along the main road where innocent and healthy ,god-sent and ,god-intended pleasures and enjoyments are to be found2 but never getting far enough away to lose sight of the road itself4 ,the middle ground it is that the wise man or woman plants foot upon4 99 99 99 99 99 ,for evil poisons2 malice shafts ,like boomerangs return1 ,inflicting wounds that will not heal ,while rage and anger burn4 99 99 99 99 99 ,tell me how much one loves and ,i will tell you how much he has seen of ,god4 ,tell me how much he loves and ,i will tell you how much he lives with ,god4 ,tell me how much he loves and ,i will tell you how far into the ,kingdom of ,heaven1--the kingdom of harmony1 he has entered1 for love is the fulfilling of the law4 ,and in a sense love is everything4 ,it is the key to life1 and its influences are those that move the world4 ,live only in the thought of love for all and you will draw love to you from all4 ,live in the thought of malice or hatred1 and malice and hatred will come back to you4 ,and so love inspires love2 hatred breeds hatred4 ,love and good will stimulate and build up the body2 hatred and malice corrode and tear it down4 ,love is a savor of life unto life2 hatred is a savor of death unto death4 ,there are loyal hearts1 there are spirits brave1 ,there are souls that are pure and true2 ,then give to the world the best you have1 ,and the best will come back to you4 ,give love1 and love to your heart will flow1 ,a strength in your utmost need2 ,have faith1 and a score of hearts will show ,their faith in your word and deed4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the kind of a man for you and me6 ,he faces the world unflinchingly1 ,and smiles as long as the world exists1 ,with a knuckled faith and force like fists3 ,he lives the life he is preaching of1 ,and loves where most is the need of love2 ,and feeling still1 with a grief half glad1 ,that the bad are as good as the good are bad1 ,he strikes straight out for the right--and he ,is the kind of a man for you and me6 ,james ,whitcomb ,riley 99 99 99 99 99 ,after a certain age is reached in any life1 the prevailing tone and condition of that life is the resultant of the mental habits of that life4 ,if one have mental equipment sufficient to find and to make use of the ,science of ,thought in its application to scientific mind and body building1 habit and character building1 there is little by way of heredity1 environment1 attainment of which he or she will not be the master4 ,one thing is very certain--the mental points of view1 the mental tendencies and habits at twenty-eight and thirty-eight will have externalized themselves and will have stamped the prevailing conditions of any life at forty-eight and fifty-eight and sixty-eight4 99 99 99 99 99 ,who puts back into place a fallen bar4 ,or flings a rock out of a traveled road1 ,his feet are moving toward the central star1 ,his name is whispered in the ,gods' abode4 ,edwin ,markham 99 99 99 99 99 ,we need changes from the duties and the cares of our accustomed everyday life4 ,they are necessary for healthy1 normal living4 ,we need occasionally to be away from our friends1 our relatives1 from the members of our immediate households4 ,such changes are good for us2 they are good for them4 ,we appreciate them better1 they us1 when we are away from them for a period1 or they from us4 ,we need these changes to get the kinks out of our minds1 our nerves1 our muscles--the cobwebs off our faces4 ,we need them to whet again the edge of appetite4 ,we need them to invite the mind and the soul to new possibilities and powers4 ,we need them in order to come back with new implements1 or with implements redressed1 sharpened1 for the daily duties4 ,we need periods of being by ourselves--alone4 ,sometimes a fortnight or even a week will do wonders for one1 unless he or she has drawn too heavily upon the account4 ,the simple custom1 moreover1 of taking an hour1 or even a half hour1 alone in the quiet1 in the midst of the daily routine of life1 would be the source of inestimable gain for countless numbers4 99 99 99 99 99 ,i know not where ,his islands lift ,their fronded palms in air2 ,i only know ,i cannot drift ,beyond ,his love and care4 ,whittier 99 99 99 99 99 ,we need more faith in everyday life--faith in the power that works for good1 faith in the ,infinite ,god1 and hence faith in ourselves created in ,his image4 ,and however things at times may seem to go1 however dark at times appearances may be1 the knowledge of the fact that the ,supreme ,power has us in its charge as it has the suns and endless systems of worlds in space1 will give us the supreme faith that all is well with us1 the same as all is well with the world4 ,thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on ,thee4 ,there is nothing firmer1 and safer1 and surer than ,deity4 ,then1 as we recognize the fact that we have it in our own hands to open ourselves ever more fully to this ,infinite ,power1 and call upon it to manifest itself in and through us1 we will find in ourselves an ever increasing sense of power4 ,for in this way we are working in conjunction with it1 and it in turn is working in conjunction with us4 ,we are then led into the full realization of the fact that all things work together for good to those that love the good4 99 99 99 99 99 ,earth breaks up1 time drops away1 ,in flows ,heaven with its new day4 ,browning