HOW TO ATTAIN STRENGTHLET us see that we use the right attitude of mind in all that we do,filling ourselves with such courage
and power of
strength that allthought of weakness flees before us. If any
thought of weakness shouldcome, ask this question: Is life weak? If life is not weak and if Godis not discouraged, then you are not, never were, and never will be. Ishould like to see the sickly, discouraged thought that could withstandthis attitude of mind.No! Life is strong, and you are strong with the strength of theInfinite; forget all else as you revel in this strength. You are strongand can say I AM. You have been laboring under an illusion; now you aredisillusioned. Now you know, and knowing is using the law in aconstructive way. "I and my Father are One;" this is strength for theweak, and life for all who believe.We can so fill ourselves with the drawing power of attraction that itwill become irresistible. Nothing can hinder things from coming to theman who knows that he is dealing with the same power that creates allfrom itself, moves all within itself, and yet holds all things in theirplaces. I am one with the Infinite Mind. Let this ring through you manytimes each day until you rise to that height that, looking, sees.In order to be sure that we are creating the right kind of a mentalatmosphere and so attracting what we want, we must at first watch ourthinking, lest we create that which we should not like to see manifest.In other words, we must think only what we wish to experience. All isp. 16mind, and mind casts back at the thinker that only which he thinks.Nothing ever happens by chance. Law governs all life, and all peoplecome under that law. But that law, so far as we are concerned, weourselves set in motion, and we do this through the power of ourthought.Each person is living in a world of his own making, and he should speakonly such words and think only such thoughts as he wishes to seemanifested in his life. We must not hear, think, speak, read or listento limitation of any kind. There is no way under heaven whereby we canthink two kinds of thought and get only one result; it is impossible,and the sooner we realize it the sooner we shall arrive. This does notmean that we must be afraid to think lest we create the wrong image,but it does mean that the way most people think can produce nothing butfailure; that is why so few succeed.The person who is to succeed will never let his mind dwell on pastmistakes. He will forgive the past in his life and in the lives ofother people. If he makes a mistake he will at once forgive it. He willknow that so long as he desires any good, there is nowhere in theuniverse anything that opposes him. God does not damn anyone oranything; man damns everyone and everything.God does not make things by comparing His power with some other power.God knows that when He speaks it done; and if we partake of the divinenature we must know the same thing in our lives that God knows in His."I am the master of my fate,I am the captain of my soul."Creative Mind and Success, by Ernest S. Holmes