,,keep ,,happy ,,some ,,other ,,books ,,by ,,eustace ,,miles1 ,m4,a4 ,,economy ,,of ,,energy1 ,,and ,,how ,,to ,,secure ,,it4 ,,how ,,to ,,prepare ,,essays1 ,,articles1 ,,lectures1 ,,speeches1 ,,etc4 ,,the ,,power ,,of ,,concentration3 ,,and ,,how ,,to ,,acquire ,,it4 ,,prevention ,,and ,,cure4 ,,life ,,after ,,life4 ,,how ,,to ,,remember2 ,,without ,,and ,,with ,,memory ,,systems4 ,,the ,,uric ,,acid ,,fetish4 ,with ,c4 ,h4 ,collings4 ,,quickness4 ,,the ,e4,m4 ,,system ,,of ,,physical ,,culture--with ,two ,charts of ,exercises4 ,,health ,,and ,,counsel ,,bureau4 ,,curative ,,exercises4 ,,let',s ,,play ,,the ,,game4 ,a ,,week',s ,,proteid ,,diet4 ,,quick ,,and ,,easy ,,recipes4 ,,first ,,recipes4 ,,how ,,to ,,begin ,a ,,change ,,of ,,diet4 ,,keep ,,happy ,,by ,,eustace ,,miles1 ,m4,a4 ,illustration ,,new ,,york ,,frederick ,a4 ,,stokes ,,company ,,publishers ,copyright1 #aibj1 by ,,frederick ,a4 ,,stokes ,,company ,,foreword ,on my ,fiftieth ,birthday 7,sunday1 ,september #bb1 #aiah71 after a good day's work1 ,i start1 in the afternoon1 to spend the few hours before our evening meal in writing down some ideas that may help others 7besides myself1 who need them as much as anyone1 since ,i am beginning my second half-century71 to indulge less in that habit of fear1 worry1 resentment1 and hurry1 which must be regarded as a form of suicide1 slow indeed1 but working in a vicious circle and with self-increasing force1 and poisoning and paralysing others besides the respectable offenders themselves4 ,the chief remedy is--keep happy4 ,we have had our attention so fixed on prohibitions--the 8,thou shalt not0 ,commandments--that we have1 as a ,nation1 ignored the positive commandments of the ,old and ,new ,testaments2 among which a very frequently repeated one was 8,rejoice0 or 8,keep ,happy40 ,others1 besides the ,master1 told us not to worry1 not to be afraid1 not to be angry1 not to be bitter2 but to be glad and happy4 ,the orthodox should remember that ,happiness is a virtue1 however unusual1 and ,non-,happiness a sin1 however common and respectable4 ,i give one quotation alone--though the usual translation does not convey the real force of the ,greek words of ,philippians iv4 #d-g3-- 8,rejoice in the ,lord always3 and again ,i say1 ,rejoice4444 ,the ,lord is at hand4 ,be careful 7anxious7 for nothing2 but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto ,god40 ,c4 ,d4 ,larson's book1 8,just be ,glad10 was on my table1 and gave me the thought of writing on this subject4 ,larson offers capital ideas on the mental side1 but he does not tell people how to be glad2 and1 especially1 he leaves out all the ,physical ,helps4 ,in this little ,birthday offering1 ,i shall include a few ,physical as well as ,mental ,helps--a few out of many1 since space is limited--so that readers may be able to keep happy easily4 ,the art is not new1 but--like the habit of deep1 full1 rhythmical breathing--is always needed4 ,there are millions who have scarcely begun to recognise1 at least to the extent of acting upon the facts1 that1 while their ,happiness itself depends largely upon their digestion1 their elimination of waste matter1 their circulation1 etc41 these influences themselves depend largely on 7#a7 the choice of foods and drinks1 the way of eating and drinking1 the breathing and other exercises1 and so forth--and on 7#b7 the maintenance of ,happiness itself1 or at least the avoidance of worry and resentment1 etc41 and the expression of ,happiness1 until ,happiness actually is attracted and comes into a prepared nest4 ,,keep ,,happy ,,keep ,,happy ,why ,keep ,happy8 ,a ,contrast ,first work out the contrast4 ,before reading further1 think what happens when one keeps the opposite of happy1 whatever be the actual stage between the extreme homicidal or suicidal violence or suicidal melancholia on the one hand1 and1 on the other hand1 ordinary fear1 worry1 resentment1 depression1 grumpiness1 and so on4 99 99 99 99 99 ,those who wish to study the effects of these states of mind more fully1 can consult ,elmer ,gates' 8,the ,mind and the ,brain10 or ,william ,s4 ,sadler's 8,physiology of ,faith and ,fear10 both quoted in my book4,a ,professor ,elmer ,gates1 of the ,smithsonian ,institute1 ,washington1 says3-- 8,my experiments show that irascible1 malevolent1 and depressing emotions generate in the system injurious compounds1 some of which are extremely poisonous2 also that agreeable1 happy emotions generate chemical compounds of nutritious value1 which stimulate the cells to manufacture energy4444 8,if an evil emotion is dominant1 then during that period the respiration contains volatile poisons1 which are expelled through the breath and are characteristic of these emotions4 8,wearisome1 unpleasant memories weaken health1 and do not generate thought energy4 ,cure is accomplished in expelling these by another crop of wholly pleasant memories1 which put the necessary structures of the mind in systematic order and teach the patient how to use the mental faculties40 ,therefore1 keep happy4 ,on page #dj of 8,economy of ,energy0 will be found a summary of some results of states of mind3-- 8,they affect3-- 8,the heart1 and the circulation--both its rate1 and its distribution of blood2 7unfavourable states of mind tend to anaemia or dysxmia1 or to congestion1 etc474 8,the actual chemical condition of the blood and the lymph4 8,the lungs1 and the rhythm and the fulness of the breathing1 and the amount of oxygen inhaled1 and of carbonic acid gas1 etc41 exhaled4 8,the digestive and #8assimilative' organs and functions4 8,the curative energies of the body2 which include3-- 8,the excretory organs--the bowels1 kidneys1 skin1 etc4 7,thus fear may act as a diuretic47 8,the muscular system in general 7as when it is paralysed by fear--for instance1 when one feels #8all of a tremble'74 8,the appearance--the attitude1 the position of the organs1 the expression of the face1 etc4 8,the voice--its tone and timbre1 and the words used or repressed4 8,the nervous system--partly influenced indirectly by the altered breathing1 and by the blood1 and by the effects of the state of mind upon the ,solar ,plexus4 8,the energy and endurance4 8,the poise1 and ease of self-mastery1 self-recovery1 and self-direction4 8,the brain--the clearness of thought1 etc4 8,the influence of the person on others--especially in the immediate neighbourhood4 8,the direction and bias of the mind in the future1 states of mind tending to become habitual apart from the active will40 ,therefore1 keep happy4 8,anxiety 7which includes fear7 saps more life in a day than work does in a week40 ,anxiety is unnecessary1 unproductive1 destructive work4 ,it is hard work4 ,it is sinful work4 ,we must remember how prevalent are the states of mind in which fear is one of the factors4 ,for fear is a factor in worry1 and usually even in anger1 and in depression4 ,these words from ,m4 ,j4 ,m4 ,hickson's 8,healer0 are worth reading3-- 8,we have very seldom reflected upon the fact that fear runs like a baleful thread through the whole web of our life from beginning to end4 ,we are born into the atmosphere of fear and dread1 and the mother who bore us had lived in the same atmosphere for weeks and months before we were born4 ,we are surrounded in infancy and childhood by clouds of fear and apprehension on the part of our parents1 nurses1 and friends4 ,as we advance in life1 we become instinctively1 or by experience1 afraid of almost everything4 ,we are afraid of our parents1 afraid of our teachers1 afraid of our playmates1 afraid of ghosts1 afraid of rules and regulations and punishments1 afraid of the doctor1 the dentist1 the surgeon4 ,our adult life is a state of chronic anxiety1 which is fear in a milder form4 ,we are afraid of failure in business1 afraid of disappointments and mistakes1 afraid of enemies1 open or concealed2 afraid of poverty1 afraid of public opinion1 afraid of accidents1 of sickness1 of death1 and unhappiness after death4 ,man is like a haunted animal1 from the cradle to the grave1 the victim of real or imaginary fears1 not only his own1 but those reflected upon him from the superstitions1 self-deceptions1 sensory illusions1 false beliefs1 and concrete errors of the whole human race1 past and present4 8,fear not only affects the mind and the nervous and muscular tissues1 but the molecular chemical transformations of the organic network1 even to the skin1 the hair1 and the teeth4 ,this might be expected of a passion that disturbs the whole mind1 which is represented or externalised in the whole body4 8,how does fear operate upon the body to produce sickness8 ,by paralysing the nerve centres1 especially those of the vasomotor nerves1 thus producing not only muscular relaxation1 but capillary congestions of all kinds4 ,this condition of the system invites attack1 and there is no resilience or power of resistance4 ,the gates of the citadel have been opened from within1 and the enemy may enter at any point40 ,therefore keep happy4 ,first because1 once again1 non-happiness is a mistake4 ,it acts1 as ,i said just now1 in a vicious circle1 increasing itself4 ,it poisons the blood1 and this very poisoning tends to produce more non-happiness4 ,it radiates itself1 and is infectious4 ,it inclines to become a fixed and sub-conscious habit4 ,it sinks down into the sub-conscious self1 and afterwards expresses itself in various ways which 7as ,psychoanalysts show7 are not usually associated with their true mental cause4 ,it is toxic1 and produces non-health and non-efficiency1 by wasting power and force2 by bringing fatigue2 by encouraging bad sleep2 by injuring the whole body2 by cramping the energies2 by 8distracting0 the body and mind1 and thus hindering concentration2 by impeding the circulation1 and the elimination of waste-matters2 and by upsetting the rhythm and the deepness and thoroughness of the breathing1 and all the vibrations of the physical system4 ,besides1 it is ugly4 ,it militates against financial success1 and against social success--for who wants a non-happy acquaintance8--and against intellectual success4 ,consider this4 ,non-happiness is liable to make one's work poor and inferior1 difficult1 tiring1 and wanting in foresight and in perspective4 ,it does not help4 ,as ,ian ,maclaren said3 8,what does your anxiety do8 ,it does not empty to-morrow1 brother1 of its sorrow2 but ah6 it empties to-day of its strength4 ,it does not make you escape the evil2 it makes you unfit to cope with it if it comes40 ,therefore1 keep happy4 ,on the moral and ethical side1 non-happiness1 especially in the form of worry1 is cowardly1 unbalanced1 against moral consistency and persistency1 against self-control and self-mastery1 and very unkind to others4 ,therefore1 keep happy4 ,non-happiness shortens life1 and brings premature1 incompetent1 burdensome old age4 ,it is selfish1 in the worst sense of the word2 for there is a selfishness that is altruistic4 ,it harms posterity1 as--among other proofs--we see from the influence of a mother upon her babe before as well as after birth4 ,it makes us less independent and less free4 ,therefore1 keep happy4 ,how ,happiness ,helps ,happiness1 by the 8expulsive power0 of a positive state of mind1 drives out or neutralises or cancels non-happiness1 instead of the mind being left open to the seven other devils1 as it may be when we merely try not to be non-happy4 ,the happy heart is too full for non-happiness1 as the light room is too light for darkness4 ,as ,mr4 ,a4 ,knight says1 ,happiness fills the heart with its three companions1 ,health1 ,harmony1 and ,helpfulness4 ,therefore1 keep happy4 ,happiness works in the opposite of the vicious circle4 ,it makes for greater happiness4 ,it is self-increasing4 ,among other reasons1 it purifies and invigorates the blood1 and this in itself inclines the mind towards further and greater ,happiness4 ,it creates the habit of ,happiness1 the bias towards ,happiness4 ,it stores the memory with ,happiness1 for future use4 ,prospectively1 ,happiness must be valued as a great asset4 ,therefore1 keep happy4 ,happiness does not merely aid in removing mental and physical ,non-,health1 in such forms as depression and fear1 8nerves0 and their troubles1 fatigue1 sleeplessness or bad sleep1 bad circulation1 congestion1 and so on4 ,it actually produces positive ,health1 ,well-being1 and ,fitness1 as well as increased ,self-,healing and 8,preventive0 ,power4 ,therefore1 keep happy4 ,think of the letter ,e alone4 ,happiness tends to ,health1 in its various aspects3-- ,enjoyment of life and of all that life brings us2 ,energy--for ,health gives a tonic without reaction2 ,economy--for1 when we are happy1 we need neither drugs nor stimulants nor narcotics nor holidays2 ,happiness saves vast stores of precious power1 both physical and mental2 ,endurance--what long hours we can work when we are happy2 ,ease2 ,efficiency2 ,therefore1 keep happy4 ,happiness brings the right vibrations throughout the mind and body1 partly through the ,solar ,plexus and the ,sympathetic ,nervous ,system4 ,only lately have we begun to realise the importance of the rate and character of vibrations4 ,let the same elements vibrate differently1 and we have ice or water or steam4 ,we know the full and elastic firmness and resilience of faith1 the shrunken and paralysed trembling of fear4 ,it is largely a difference of vibrations4 ,happiness has the most desirable vibrations4 ,happiness means that we inhale more life-giving and cleansing oxygen1 and exhale more carbonic acid and other waste matter4 ,happiness means that we have better sleep1 and can do with less sleep4 ,happiness means improved circulation4 ,it keeps the body warm in winter and cool in summer4 ,it relieves the physical heart4 ,therefore1 keep happy4 ,happiness gives better looks4 ,it makes the eyes brighter1 the complexion clearer1 the step more vigorous1 the carriage more upright4 ,and1 generally1 ,happiness makes people more attractive4 ,it has a marked social value4 ,therefore1 keep happy4 ,financially1 ,happiness pays4 ,the happy salesman or saleswoman is more persuasive4 ,the happy person gets and keeps more friends1 who will like to help him1 if only because his ,happiness helps them4 ,james ,coates says3 8,smile at your business1 and it will smile back4 ,follow the light of that smile40 ,therefore1 keep happy4 ,intellectually1 ,happiness helps us to see with surer clearness and foresight4 ,happiness helps us to solve our problems rightly4 ,happiness gives us more understanding and more intuition4 ,happiness makes us more receptive to the best ideas4 ,happiness puts us in better perspective4 ,happiness1 once again1 increases our mental energy1 endurance1 ease1 and effectiveness4 ,these quotations from ,c4 ,d4 ,larson are excellent4 ,he says3-- 8,just be glad1 and you always will be glad4 ,you will have better reasons to be glad4 ,you will have more and more things to make you glad4 8,when you are tempted to feel discouraged or disappointed1 be glad instead4 ,just be glad1 and your fate will change4 ,know that you can be glad1 say that you will1 and stand uncompromisingly upon your resolve4 ,when things are not to your liking1 be glad nevertheless1 for the glad heart can cause all things to be as we wish them to be4 ,when things do not give you pleasure1 proceed instead to create pleasure in your own heart and soul4 8,it is the law that all good things will sooner or later come and be where the greatest happiness is to be found4 ,therefore1 be happiness in yourself1 regardless of times1 seasons1 or circumstances4 8,it is the man who blends rejoicing with his work who does the best work4 ,it is profitable in every way to learn to be glad4 8,the happier you are over what has come to you1 the more and the more will come to you in the future4 ,the glad heart and the cheerful soul always make things better4 8,give gladness to your mind1 and you give clearness to your mind2 and a clear mind can see how to evolve better plans40 ,in the moral and ethical and spiritual1 as in the intellectual and financial and social spheres1 ,happiness is a precious and integral factor in success and progress4 ,we might almost say that ,happiness includes the much-praised virtues of ,courage1 ,persistence1 and ,poise1 and goes far towards ,self-,control and ,self-,mastery4 ,therefore1 keep happy4 ,it is kind to others to keep happy4 ,happiness tends to ,forgiveness 7not of the usual perfunctory and 8,i-forgive-but-,i-can't-forget0 type71 ,goodwill1 and pleasant ,warmth as of the sunshine4 ,therefore1 keep happy4 ,happiness tends to the right sort of ,youthfulness--the ,youthfulness in which we have all the merits of 8little children10 together with the wisdom of elders4 ,therefore1 keep happy4 ,happiness makes our life longer--not like the life of an aged person who may be a burden upon the earth1 living in name only1 and almost as a vampire lives1 but a life of increasingly-useful length4 ,therefore1 keep happy4 ,for ,happiness is non-selfish4 99 99 99 99 99 ,but non-selfishness1 after all1 is a negative4 ,happiness does indeed include negative merits1 but it is also positive and radiating and infectious4 ,when we ask what we can do for others1 one answer is1 we can keep happy4 ,here1 again1 ,larson's words are to the point3-- 8,he who is always glad is always adding to the welfare of every member of the race4 ,the great soul is always in search of ways and means for adding to the welfare of others4 ,but no way is better1 greater1 or more far reaching than this4 ,to be glad at all times is to be of greater service to mankind than any other thing we can do4 ,consider how all things change when the glad soul arrives1 and how all work becomes lighter when the spirit of joy is abroad4 ,and every man has the power to dispense the spirit of joy wherever he may work or live4 8,work in the spirit of joy1 and your work will be the product of joy--a rare product--the best of its kind40 ,therefore1 keep happy4 ,to help all those with whom you live1 and many beyond this narrow circle1 keep happy4 ,to help your children and posterity1 whether you already are or are going to be a father or mother1 keep happy4 ,the relation of a parent 7or of any one who has charge of children7 to children1 illustrates well how our states of mind react upon ourselves4 ,be happy with children1 and you make them happier1 healthier1 pleasanter to be with1 easier to train4 ,when they are in this favourable condition1 you yourself1 in turn1 have more ,happiness and health1 partly because your work is more delightful and more successful4 ,and so your ,happiness is self-increasing as well as self-radiating4 ,c4 ,d4 ,larson1 from whose book ,i have already quoted1 says1 in another book3-- 8,make it a point to be happy1 just as you make it a point to be clean1 to be presentable1 to be properly dressed1 to work well1 to be efficient4 ,make the attainment of continuous happiness and greater happiness a permanent part of your strongest ambition40 ,real ,happiness is a power within oneself1 not dependent on circumstances2 at least not dependent when it has become a habit4 ,he who has ,happiness is like a magic plant that bears beautiful and shade-giving and health-giving leaves1 beautiful and sweet-smelling flowers1 beautiful and refreshing and cleansing fruit1 wherever it is1 and without the aid of special soil1 air1 light1 warmth1 and rain4 ,for it has1 as it were1 its own subtle1 ethereal1 and eternal soil and air and light and warmth and rain within itself4 ,therefore1 keep happy4 ,the ,gospel of ,happiness--the word 8,gospel0 once meant 8good news10 but now has lost much of its gladdening vitality--is1 when we examine deeply and widely1 8perspectively0 and prospectively1 sound ,philosophy and sound ,religion4 ,to the devout ,hindu1 ,god is not only 8,wisdom1 ,love1 ,might10 but also ,bliss4 ,sat ,chit ,ananda meant ,lasting ,reality1 ,true ,knowledge1 and ,blissful ,happiness4 ,a ,perfect ,god--and this applies whether we believe in a ,personal ,being or not1 for an ,impersonal ,being cannot easily be imagined as sad6--cannot surely be sad2 and we are told to become perfect as ,god is ,perfect4 ,we are often recommended to fill the mind with healthy1 invigorating1 purifying thoughts4 ,this1 again1 is a ,new ,testament ,commandment4 ,the words in the ordinary rendering of ,philippians1 iv4 #h1 do not bring out the vitality and force and verve of the ,greek words1 but they give the general idea3-- 8,whatsoever things are true1 whatsoever things are honest1 just1 pure1 lovely1 of good report2 if there be any virtue1 and if there be any praise1 think of these things40 ,it is a ,commandment to attend to--to fill the mind by repetition with--eternally true ideas1 ideas that command respect1 ideas that are right1 ideas that are clean and pure1 ideas that are welcome and sweet2 ideas that have words of good omen1 ideas of manliness and womanliness1 ideas of praise and appreciation4 ,therefore1 think of ,happiness3 keep happy4 ,in keeping happy1 we obey the frequently reiterated ,commandment to 8,rejoice10 and1 without any special attention to the negative and prohibitive ,commandments not to worry1 and not to be angry1 and not to be unkind1 and not to criticise unkindly1 and so forth1 we1 ipso facto1 obey these ,commandments as well1 just as the person who is encouraged and inspired does not need to be comforted in so-called 8misfortune40 ,therefore1 keep happy4 ,happiness helps you4 8,it is profitable in every way to learn to be glad40 ,happiness helps yourself and others1 and hurts none4 8,no selfish heart can really be glad40 ,happiness is the right thing to keep4 ,happiness is our duty1 and is 8good form40 ,happiness increases itself4 8,the more things you are glad for1 the more things you will have to be glad for4 ,gladness is a magnet4 ,because you were glad1 even when there was nothing to make you glad1 you proved that you deserved everything that has the power to make you glad4 ,and that which we truly deserve must come to remain as our own4 ,possess gladness1 and you will soon possess those things that produce gladness40 ,but how8 ,how to ,keep ,happy ,it is so easy to say to others1 or to ourselves1 ,keep happy4 ,but how keep happy8 ,here are a few out of many helps4 ,people will ask1 8,what about trying circumstances8 ,how can we keep happy under1 or in them1 whether they be past or present or future80 ,i was much struck by a phrase in a little book ,i read some time ago4 ,it described how someone1 who was going to an unpleasant interview1 was told3--8,go to the man1 taking ,god with you40 ,a good piece of general advice is to welcome the circumstances as one would welcome either a strong opponent or a severe handicap at a game--namely1 as a privilege and an occasion for bringing out 7as a great player said7 8one's best game40 ,i think a 8handicap0 is an excellent description4 ,for what true sportsman resents a handicap8 ,turn the ,mind to ,blessings1 or think of your own blessings1 not only in the past1 but also in the present4 ,think of all the conveniences of civilisation4 ,then1 if you like1 contrast the hardships of primitive times--with no books1 no travelling facilities1 no sanitation6 ,think of blessings1 and keep happy4 ,think of the blessings of others4 ,anything is better than giving attention to supposed injuries and hardships1 and to sorrows1 and resenting or bemoaning them4 or to ,reasoning ,when things seem amiss1 then is the time to give all your thoughts the upward direction4 ,keep happy4 ,hold on to ,happiness1 not like grim death but like irrepressible life4 ,remember that 8everything serves some useful purpose40 ,if you refuse to keep happy1 at least determine to find out the useful purpose4 ,but1 as soon as you can1 come back to yourself1 and keep happy4 ,help ,others ,help others4 ,this is the old and ever new way4 ,as ,maeterlinck says3 8,before we can bring happiness to others1 we must first be happy ourselves4 ,nor will happiness abide within us unless we confer it on others4 ,if there be a smile upon our lips1 those around us will soon smile too2 and our happiness will become the truer and deeper as we see that these others are happy40 ,therefore1 keep happy by helping others4 ,we can help others by our thoughts--by wishing them to be well and happy and successful1 or by imagining them to be well and happy and successful4 ,we can help them by all our expressions--our words1 our looks1 our acts--and by our very abstinence from non-happiness4 ,abstain from ,thoughts against ,others and against ,self ,merely to send out no thoughts and to harbour no thoughts against other persons or things1 or against ourselves1 is a step in the right direction4 ,i once saw hornets destroyed by a man who stood over the nest and1 as each hornet came out1 knocked it down and killed it by a blow from a little wooden bat4 ,so we can beat down any undesirable thought--of worry or failure or resentment1 etc4--so that it ceases to live and poison us or others4 ,but still this is negative4 ,it is not positive and constructive4 ,to keep happy1 we must fill the glass1 drop by drop1 with the sparkling and fresh water of ,happiness2 and then the dirty water will automatically trickle away1 and--who knows8--somehow become a kind of mental manure and fertiliser4 8,self-,suggestion0 ,self-,suggestion is a great help1 if we would keep happy4 ,we can tell ourselves to keep happy1 in the same way as ,peter ,latham1 at a hard and critical point in one of his ,professional ,championship ,matches1 kept not only happy but also plucky by telling himself to 8buck up10 as this was the chance to bring out his best game6 ,self-,suggestion has many forms and varieties4 ,henry ,wood1 in his 8,ideal ,suggestion ,through ,mental ,photography10 advises us to write down inspiring 8,self-,suggestions10 and to look at them often4 ,leland1 in his 8,have ,you a ,strong ,will80 advises us to determine1 the last thing at night1 that the next day we will1 for example1 work calmly and easily and successfully4 ,i myself find that now one form of ,self-,suggestion is most effective1 now another4 ,it may be ,imagination or ,realisation or ,assertion1 or it may be a quiet order to the ,servant ,mind or ,manager ,mind1 or it may be a strongly-felt and repeated ,desire1 or it may be nearer to ,silence and ,receptivity1 together with 8the attitude of expectancy40 ,self-suggestion is feasible at all times and in all places4 ,it is unobtrusive4 ,it is 8without money and without price40 ,it is effective4 ,it tends to become a sub-conscious habit1 and1 as it were1 to 8do itself0 without our attention4 ,to keep happy1 we can use happy words4 ,words have vast and little appreciated power4 ,think how useless we should be as regards our power of controlling ourselves and helping ourselves and helping others1 if we had no words6 ,it would be easy to write a long book on this aspect of the ,art of ,happiness1 alone4 ,but ,i must be content with just one idea4 ,we should speak with a cheerful voice and tone1 as well as with a cheerful face2 and we should prefer1 to such words of ill omen as 8miserable0 and 8cruel10 words that end rightly1 such as un-happy and un-kind--words that leave us with the right and happy notion4 ,conversely1 however1 when we are--or think that we are--absolutely obliged to mention some unpleasant episode1 in order to get others to help to put it right1 we must not use such vivid expressions--we must not speak whiningly nor even keenly4 ,this is preeminently the occasion for such a monotonous and expressionless voice1 as is unusually put on by a ,secretary when reading the minutes of any previous meeting6 ,can we not speak of pleasant things with the excitedness of the ,french1 if indeed we wish to be excited at all2 but speak of unpleasant things1 if we feel we must speak of them1 with the apathy of the ,hindu8 ,when you have finished any ,self-,suggestion1 be sure to keep happy4 ,to keep happy1 we must use ,repetitions of ,self-,suggestions and of ,happy ,words1 and we must use them long before we seem to need them4 ,in place of the old adage1 8,in time of peace prepare for war10 one can substitute1 8,in time of peace prepare for victory0--and then there will be no real war4 ,persistent ,repetitions ,the persistent ,repetitions may be in the form of sheer repetitions2 or in the form of ,synonyms--such as ,happiness1 ,gladness1 ,enjoyment1 ,joy1 ,welcome2 or in the form of cognate words1 words that suggest not so much ,happiness itself1 as the father and mother1 the brothers and sisters1 the sons and daughters1 of ,happiness4 ,thus1 to take the letter ,p alone1 it has a decided effect upon our feelings of ,happiness to repeat1 with as much attention to and realization of the idea and the inner spirit and soul of each word1 as possible1 the words ,purity1 ,poise1 ,peace1 ,plenty1 ,power1 ,pluck1 ,pleasantness4 ,as to the influence of ,repetition1 we must remember that we are mainly what our sub-conscious mind is2 and our sub-conscious mind is largely what our conscious mind has chosen or allowed itself to think1 and what our conscious mind every moment--every now--is choosing or allowing itself to think4 ,or1 instead of repeating the ideas themselves or the words that can convey them1 we can keep happy by ,reason and ,argumentation4 ,while an ,assertion like ,robert ,browning's1 8,god's in ,his ,heaven1 ,all's right with the world10 will help some1 a recalling of the advantages of ,happiness--or of the disadvantages of ,non-,happiness--and a working out of the ways in which the past 8failures0 of ourselves and others turned into blessings1 will help others4 ,i remember how disappointed ,i was when ,i did not get a ,fellowship at ,cambridge4 ,i am now very glad that ,i did not4 ,what seemed a calamity led to my present work1 which enables me to keep happy4 ,as a fossilised ,don ,i should not have kept happy6 ,appreciation and ,welcome ,we should go far towards keeping happy1 also1 if we practised ,appreciation4 ,we breathe fresh air1 drink pure water1 see glorious scenery1 or architecture1 and so forth1 without a tithe of the proper enjoyment which would come from the proper valuation--for instance1 of the water as refreshing us1 satisfying us1 helping our assimilation of nourishing food1 helping our elimination of toxic waste matter1 and symbolising much besides4 ,it is far better to approach any persons or things or circumstances that are ours--they would not come to us1 or we to them1 unless they were ours6--in the spirit of ,welcome1 and in the true and sporting ,play ,spirit1 than in the spirit of discontent4 ,so keep happy by ,appreciation4 ,laugh ,some people have a genius for seeing the funny side of so-called 8misfortunes10 like the ,chinaman who could not control his laughter1 just before his execution1 because they were going to hang the wrong man4 ,in a little booklet called 8,fifty ,years not ,old10 ,i wrote3-- 8,laughing is a capital relief for unpleasant mental states1 as well as fine exercise for the stomach and liver6 ,democritus1 the laughing and smiling philosopher1 may have carried his excellent principle to excess2 but he was a safer guide than the weeping and moaning philosopher4 8,it is worth while to collect cartoons and cuttings from the #8,daily ,mirror1' #8,punch1' and other papers1 and to look through them when the dumps try to dominate40 ,laughing and smiling can come under muscular control1 no less than walking and sitting--no less than frowning and grumbling4 ,we can tense or relax muscles4 ,we can equally easily laugh or smile4 ,and the mere muscular action will help the mind and the feelings to be free from non-happiness4 ,there are1 of course1 wrong kinds of laughter and smiling4 ,i read a book devoted almost entirely to the abuse of laughter and smiling4 ,but the right kinds are as valuable as they are rare4 ,several people that ,i know have the supreme art of making troubles almost blessings by catching at once the ludicrous aspect--going round to the other side and seeing things from a different approach4 ,and sometimes1 entering into the trouble by the ,gate of ,humour1 they find that the trouble is not a torture-chamber but a factory of ,success and ,happiness4 ,the right laugh and smile is an expression of real ,faith2 and1 as we have seen1 the expression1 if persevered in1 tends to bring the reality4 ,the ,power of ,imagination ,and keep happy by ,imagination4 ,how exhilarating it is to imagine oneself succeeding in one's favourite game1 or in one's business or art or hobby4 ,such imagination is far better than the memory of defeats1 except in so far as the latter helps us to correct our faults4 ,the ,power of ,expression ,then there is the ,art of ,expression1 advocated by ,delsarte and ,william ,james4 ,the latter1 in his 8,talks on ,psychology10 may not be strictly accurate and scientific1 but at any rate he is practically useful1 when he says3 8,if we only check a cowardly impulse in time--for example1 or if we only don't strike the blow or rip out with the complaining or insulting word that we shall regret as long as we live--our feelings themselves will presently be the calmer and better1 with no particular guidance from us on their own account4 ,action seems to follow feeling1 but really action and feeling go together2 and by regulating the action1 which is under the more direct control of the will1 we can indirectly regulate the feeling1 which is not4 8,thus the sovereign voluntary path to cheerfulness1 if our spontaneous cheerfulness be lost1 is to sit up cheerfully1 to look round cheerfully1 and to act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there4 ,if such conduct does not make you soon feel cheerful1 nothing else on that occasion can4 ,so1 to feel brave1 act as if we were brave1 use all our will to that end1 and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear4 ,again1 in order to feel kindly toward a person to whom we have been inimical1 the only way is more or less deliberately to smile1 to make sympathetic inquiries1 and to force ourselves to say genial things4 ,one hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental demon of uncharitable feeling4 ,to wrestle with a bad feeling only pins our attention on it1 and keeps it still fastened in the mind3 whereas1 if we act as if from some better feeling1 the old bad feeling soon folds its tent like an ,arab1 and silently steals away40 ,an equally good quotation 7from ,luther ,gulick's 8,mind and ,work07 will be found on pages #bf-bg of 8,economy of ,energy40 ,he says3 8,assume the bodily positions and movements and manners and tones of voice that belong to the emotional state you desire40 ,now the ,expression--as the smile that is the expression of ,happiness--may not be the cause of ,happiness1 but at least it is the usual accompaniment1 if not the essential accompaniment1 of ordinary ,happiness4 ,the eyes are among the most obvious means of ,expression1 as is illustrated in the well-known lines3-- 8,smile1 once in a while1 ',twill make your heart seem lighter2 ,smile1 once in a while1 ',twill make your pathway brighter4 ,life's a mirror3 if we smile1 ,smiles come back to greet us2 ,if we're frowning all the while1 ,frowns forever meet us40 ,the whole face is a part of our ,expression--not only the eyes1 but also the mouth1 and the lines1 which are largely under the ultimate control of the will1 through the control of the muscles4 ,and there is the whole attitude of the body1 the up-holding of the chest and the head1 the correct curve of the spine 7so as to bring the position of 8mechanical advantage0 and physical and nervous economy71 the deepness and fulness and rhythm of the breathing1 the laugh1 the song 7sung aloud or 8sung silently071 and the tone and the 8tune0 and the timbre of the voice4 ,uses of ,odd ,moments ,what we seldom realise is that1 no less than we can move our biceps1 we can move our muscles that regulate our ,expression4 ,if people can spend #ae minutes daily over a dull--and often almost useless1 if not actually stiffening and harmful--grinding series of spring-grip dumb-bell exercises1 why will they not spend a few moments at some one time daily1 or many 7otherwise wasted or misused7 moments at frequent intervals throughout the day1 in exercising the muscles that regulate their ,expression--in lifting up their heart 7and chest and head7 and in laughing or smiling1 so as to keep happy8 ,besides the ,expression1 as an easy avenue to ,happiness1 there is another--rather less easy--avenue in the improvement of the state of the ,health in general1 and the state of the ,blood in particular1 through more sensible ,foods and ,feeding1 ,drinks1 ,water-treatments1 and ,exercise and ,exercises--especially ,breathing4 ,various ,avenues to ,better ,health ,some principles and details will be found in various books4,b ,there is no space here for more than a few suggestions4 ,better ,foods and ,drinks ,years ago1 the late ,dr4 ,forbes ,ross told me that1 when he was medical superintendent of a certain ,asylum1 he found that the patients were very violent on ,thursday afternoons4 ,on ,thursdays1 at the mid-day meal1 they had ,beef-,extract4 ,he forbade this1 and at once the ,thursday afternoon violence ceased4 ,in my own case1 the depression of years ceased when ,i gave up flesh-foods and meat-extracts more than #bc years ago4 ,this does not mean that such foods are a cause of non-happiness in all cases4 ,still less does it mean that they are the sole cause1 or even the main cause1 in all cases4 ,many haphazard 8vegetarians0 have been miserable4 ,it rather means that some better ,diet may be an important factor in ,happiness4 ,the general idea of ,diet1 for producing or increasing mental and physical ,well-,being1 which includes ,happiness1 would surely be to get first such a rgime as shall clear out the clogging and depressing or irritating toxins and waste-matters1 and shall not add to them1 but shall re-build a clean and healthy body and mind by a better ,balance of the various ,food ,elements4 ,the ,drinks1 in order to increase the ,well-,being and the subsequent ,happiness1 should be cleansing1 and should include the minimum of undesirable elements 7whether overstimulating1 or narcotic74 ,there is no need here to explain how ,food and ,drink affect the mind4 ,we all know some of the depressing effects of 8,liver10 ,indigestion1 ,constipation1 etc41 and the partial dependence of these troubles on the ,food and ,drinks4 ,but few who have not studied the subject as ,i have been enabled to do1 thanks partly to my work with the leading ,clinical ,analytical ,expert1 ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,collings1,c could guess how some of the most common and respectable errors of ,food and ,drink--such as excess of starchy and sugary stuff1 of fruit1 of tea or coffee or cocoa1 and so on--can produce non-,health and consequent ,non-,happiness1 partly by affecting the ,brain and the ,solar ,plexus through tissue-storage of toxins and ,toxmia or an acid and poisoned bloodstream4 ,there are thousands who imagine that1 because most of their 8civilised0 acquaintances regularly take certain meals as a matter of course1 therefore these meals must of necessity be 8all right02 not knowing that ,nature does not withhold from us her results according to ,law--often called her 8punishments0--merely because large numbers of other individuals are making similar mistakes6 ,to be orthodox in life is not the same thing as to be immune from the effects of orthodox mistakes4 ,i could show letter after letter that tells how1 beside better ,foods and ,drinks1 simple ,water-treatments1 and various ,exercises have tended to ,health and ,happiness4 ,there are ,exercises 7like those in 8,economy of ,energy10 pp4 #gi1 #hc1 #hf1 #hg1 #ij1 #id1 #ig7 which help improve the ,position of the body1 the fulness and the rhythm of the ,breathing1 the economy of the muscles1 by ,relaxing and so forth4 ,there are ,stretching ,exercises1 ,foot-,exercises1 ,trunk-,exercises1 ,athletic ,exercises1 and so on4 ,but one or two items must suffice here1 as mere examples of how attention to physical acts may influence the state of the mind4 ,better ,position2 ,better ,breathing2 ,less ,muscular ,tension #a4 ,when the heart and lungs and stomach are sunk and sagged down1 there is a tendency to mental as well as to physical 8depression40 ,the right ,exercises,d--quite simple and easy--will draw the organs up into their normal place again1 and thus will help to remove 8the dumps0 and bring ,happiness4 #b4 ,happiness has its own type of ,breathing 7as shown by the ,pneumograph and the registering cylinder-drum7 quite different from the type when there is fear or anger4 ,if we establish as a habit the deepness and fulness and rhythm of the ,breathing that goes with ,happiness1 we are half way towards removing ,non-,happiness and getting ,happiness itself4 #c4 ,when there is anger or restless worry1 there is1 regularly1 some muscular tension4 ,do away with this1 and relax the muscles--the ,art,e can be taught and learnt--and the tendency is for the unsatisfactory feelings themselves to disappear4 ,a ,warning about ,stimulants with ,re-action ,but1 in physical 8cures10 we often have to distinguish carefully between the temporary effects and the ultimate effects4 ,too often there is recommended some way which produces almost immediate exhilaration--or at least freedom from the sensation of worry or depression--by driving toxins etc41 which had been in the blood and had thus tended towards depression1 etc41 not out of the body altogether1 but only out of the blood and into the tissues1 where1 as ,mr4 ,collings has been able to prove1 they remain stored1,f to work mischief in the body and blood and mind in the future4 ,the passing sensations of ease1 if not of positive satisfaction1 may be brought by such means as a cup of tea or coffee1 some aspirin1 a smoke1 a cold bath1 and so on4 ,but this is not an avenue to ,happiness4 ,it is1 rather1 a patch that crosses the avenue to ,happiness at one point1 and then leaves it again4 ,we ,want the ,habit of ,happiness ,what we want is not the flash of ,happiness at heavy expense of future ,well-,being and ,happiness1 but the habit of ,happiness4 ,we want to keep happy4 ,we want to sacrifice1 if need be1 the immediate present for the lasting future4 ,as the author of 8,the ,way of the ,servant0 says3 8,i do ask ,renunciation of ,my children--,renunciation of the less40 ,it is not every avenue to ,happiness that is unpleasant at the start4 ,but it is quite likely that certain treatments--especially abstinence from or moderation in various stimulants and narcotics--may be1 for a time1 far from producing any ,happiness4 ,when ,you are ,happy1 be ,really ,happy ,it is well known 7see 8,alison's ,history of ,europe07 that those who have lived for many years in hot climates are so saturated with warmth that they keep warm for some time after they have come into a cooler climate like ours4 ,somewhat similarly1 whenever we are happy1 if we let our whole self--every cell and atom within our body from tip to toe--become saturated with ,happiness whenever we feel happy1 we should be able to carry on the habit when the conditions seem less satisfactory2 we should still feel the glow4 ,but we simply must be and feel happy 8with all our mind and with all our soul and with all our strength10 at the happy times4 ,without feverish excitement1 we should thrill throughout with ,happiness1 and be happy 8all over10 as someone was said to smile all over6 ,it is a good phrase4 ,for why not let all the cells and fibres enjoy themselves with us8 ,why keep the ,happiness--as if we were autocratic and despotic ,monarchs1 instead of ,representatives of a ,democratic ,community--to ourselves8 ,why not let the cells all 8rejoice with us that rejoice08 ,they will repay us a hundredfold in times of trouble and trial4 ,they will then thrust back ,happiness to us1 as the roots of a plant thrust up stems and leaves and flowers in return for the warmth and light and air and moisture and chemicals that they have absorbed4 ,if--as ,virchow and many others hold--cells have some individuality and some intelligence1 will they not respond to our ,happiness1 at least as much as you and ,i respond to the ,happiness of our ,nation and ,empire when there is good news and success of the whole of which we form a particle8 ,to enjoy an ,environment1 or the memory of it1 is a pleasant ,avenue4 ,if1 instead of rushing through our sweet holidays and hours of peace and pleasantness1 we 8pause on every charm10 and concentrate our attention on the ,pleasantness1 we can make the ,environment1 on which so many people depend for their ,health and ,happiness1 our own possession1 within our minds1 by means of picture-memories1 or sound-memories1 or even word-memories4 ,here is one1 from ,j4 ,beattie3-- 8,but who the melodies of morn can tell8 ,the wild brook babbling down the mountain-side2 ,the lowing herd1 the sheepfold's simple bell2 ,the pipe of early shepherd dim descried ,in the low valley2 echoing far and wide ,the clamorous horn along the cliffs above2 ,the hollow murmur of the ocean-tide2 ,the hum of bees1 the linnet's lay of love1 ,and the full choir that wakes the universal grove40 ,after all1 what is our real ,environment8 ,most people would say1 at once--the air1 the building1 the scenery1 in which1 and the people and paraphernalia among which1 we happen to be at any time4 ,and these are indeed part of our ,environment4 ,but our true ,environment is1 first of all1 the contents of our mind1 and especially that part of the contents--whether memories or imaginations--to which we give most attention and interest2 secondly1 the ,divine influence in which1 whether we recognise it or not1 we 8live and move and have our being40 ,and1 chiefly1 we live in whatever we think of or allow ourselves not to refuse as residents in our mind4 ,i have said little1 in these few pages1 about what are ordinarily regarded as ,environmental helps4 ,i rather wished to emphasise the importance of keeping happy1 and of using such means as we had always or often with us4 ,i could have written much about colours1 music1 books1 friendship1 and so on4 ,but ,i had to leave unwritten far more than ,i have written here4 ,if these ideas help the reader to keep happy more consistently1 less spasmodically1 and more independently of outside conditions1 they will have served their purpose4 ,perhaps even the mere titles of some books may be of use towards this end--8,all's ,right with the ,world10 8,just ,be ,glad10 and 8,keep ,happy40 ,to keep happy means enjoyment and ease1 peace and poise1 health and fitness1 during work-times and non-work times2 it means more work and better work2 it means better opportunities and openings for our activities in the future2 it means better rest and sleep after work2 it means constant1 all-round improvement for oneself and others4 ,it is1 like ,health1 part of our duty towards ,god1 our neighbour1 and our self1 and the myriads of cell-lives working within us4 ,a ,concluding ,suggestion ,it is not a bad plan to make a point of writing down every day 7in a note-book1 or on slips of paper7 some special reason why we should keep happy4 ,mr4 ,arthur ,knight and ,i have done this regularly for many months1 and have exchanged our records from time to time4 ,the following are a few out of many of our reasons4 ,they are not arranged in any particular order1 but are put down just as we wrote them1 from day to day4 ,we recommend every reader to try the practice4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,keep ,,happy4 ,when happiness is present1 the petty things of life fail to disturb and poison us4 ,,keep ,,happy4 ,this means living in the higher part of the mind1 where the air and light and warmth are greater1 and where all good things originate4 ,keep your thoughts in this happy region of yourself1 and you will not only get the right ideas--the ideas that you really need--but you will draw other minds up to the same level4 ,,keep ,,happy4 ,the more you insist on--and persist in--keeping happy1 the more you will realise and be convinced how absolutely and progressively beneficial ,happiness is4 ,,keep ,,happy1 and the things that would1 in the ordinary way1 loom large and important1 and upset our peace and poise1 either fade into nothingness or else become obviously useful as training us to play the game of life4 ,if we would be at our best1 in body1 mind1 and spirit1 we must keep happy4 ,gloom and sorrow lessen our power to be our best and to do our best4 ,,keep ,,happy4 ,there is nothing to be said against it4 ,there is everything to be said in favour of it4 ,,keep ,,happy4 ,happiness is as much a duty towards ,god1 our 8,neighbours10 and ourselves1 as is ,purity or ,kindness or any other ,virtue1 and ,happiness makes every other ,virtue easier and pleasanter4 ,however good a physical or mental 8system0 you may follow1 and however many excellent rules you may obey as to diet or exercise1 and so on1 the rule 8,keep ,happy0 is found to be a good addition to your daily rgime4 ,,keep ,,happy4 ,the happy spirit is a magnet1 and draws all that is most pleasant and profitable from all sources to seek you and to become yours4 ,,keep ,,happy when you are inclined to be ill-tempered or depressed or anxious4 ,then your sight and your perspective will change1 and you will see the good in every one and every thing4 ,,keep ,,happy1 and give out ,happiness4 ,when we give out ,happiness1 we always receive more blessings than we give to others4 ,,keep ,,happy4 ,difficulties and troubles enlarge through unhappiness1 which is their fertilising manure4 ,,keep ,,happy4 ,to keep happy is good and ,god-like4 ,,keep ,,happy4 ,whoever is happy1 longs and tends to make all others happier and happier4 ,,keep ,,happy4 ,to keep happy is true heroism--no less so than any spasmodic act of courage4 ,,keep ,,happy4 ,then every good quality within you will grow and flourish and multiply and radiate4 ,,the ,,end ,,footnotes3 ,a 8,economy of ,energy40 ,b ,for instance--8,economy of ,energy10 8,how to ,begin a ,change of ,diet10 8,first ,recipes10 8,health without ,meat10 8,the ,e4,m4 ,system of ,physical ,culture40 ,c ,see 8,the ,uric ,acid ,fetish10 8,how ,food ,poisons ,us40 ,d ,see 8,curative ,exercises40 ,e ,see 8,curative ,exercises10 p4 #df4 ,f ,see 8,the ,uric ,acid ,fetish0 and 8,how ,food ,poisons ,us40 99 99 99 99 99 ,transcriber's note ,spelling has been retained as published4 ,inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized4 ,the following printer errors have been changed4 ,,changed ,,from ,,to ,page #cc3 8,whatsover things are0 8,whatsoever things are0 ,page #de3 8or if the disadvantages0 8or of the disadvantages0