344 



THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



"Man is so made," says Pascal, "that 

 by (lint of tellinj^ him he is a fool, he be- 

 lieves it; and by dint of tellinj^ himself 

 so, he makes himself believe it." The 

 converse is also true. Many peo])le, by 

 dwelling on their faidls, only aji;j^ravate 

 them. By constantly i)ic-luriiijf them in 

 the mind they help to fasten them more 

 firndy. It is imjiossible for us to become 

 what we wish to be while we lioW the 

 opposite Ihouj^ht. The only way to over- 

 come evil conditions and to u])l)uil(l is to 

 think constantly happy, hel])ful, loving 

 o])timistic thoughts 



When a doctor is called upon to pre- 

 scribe for any one who has swallowed 

 ])oison, he innnediately administers an 

 antidote. So, when we are suffering 

 from wrong thinking, it is because we 

 have bei'U ])oisoned l)y vicious thoughts, 

 and the only way in which we can get re- 

 lief or cure ourselves is by taking an an- 

 tidote in the shajje of right thinking. If 

 a lamj) should explode and the oil catch 

 fire, we would not think of trying to ])ut 

 out the flames bv pouring on more oil. 

 We would, instead, pour on some chemi- 

 c;d extinguisher which would imnie<liate- 

 ly put out the fire. When one is afiame 

 with passion, or afire with hatred, jealousy 

 or revengeful feelings, the fiames will 

 not be put out by adding more anger, 

 more hatred, or more jealousv. A love- 

 thought is the natural antidote to all 

 angry, vengeful, or uncharitable emotions. 

 •X- * -x- 



If you are morose, moody, or despon- 

 dent; if you have a habit of worrying or 

 fretting about things, or any other fault 

 which hinders yt)ur growth or jirogress, 

 tliiuk i)ersistently of the o])posite virtue 

 and ])raclice it until it is jours by force 

 of habit. 



When i'ou feel unhappy and <.)nt of 

 sorts with all the world, nothing is more 

 certain than that musing such feelings 

 a).;gravates them. Hold just the o])po- 

 site thought from that which depresses 

 you and you will naturally reverse the 

 mood. The imagination has great power 

 to change an unpleasant thought or ex- 

 perience. When you are the victim of 

 vicious moods, just say to vourself, "This 

 is all um-eal; it has nothing to do with 

 my higher and better self, for the Creator 

 never intt'uded me to be donnnated bv 

 such dark i)ictin'es." Tersistently rei'all 

 the most de i)^htful ])iclures, the h;\])piest 

 days of your life. I/)ok on some beauti- 

 ful object in art or nature, or read a ])as- 

 •sage in sonu" helpful, u])-lifting book. 

 Hold jiersistently in the mind sucli things 

 as vou have enjoyed; drive out the fail- 

 ure thoughts by thinking of the success- 



ful things you have accomplished. Call 

 hope to your aid, and picture a bright, 

 successful future. vSurround yourself 

 with ha])])y thoughts for a few minutes 

 ami vou will be surprised to see how all 

 the ghosts of blackness and gloom,— all 

 thoughts which have worried and haunt- 

 ed you — have gone out of sight. They 

 can not bear the light. I<ight, joy, glad- 

 ness and harmony are ycnir best protect- 

 ors; discord, darkness and sickness can 

 not exist where they are. 



One of the brightest and most cheerful 

 women I ever knew tobl me that she was 

 ]>roue to fits of depression or the "blues" 

 but that she learned to concjuer them by 

 forcing herself to sing a bright, joyous 

 song, or to play a lively air on the piano, 

 whenever she felt an "attack" coming on. 



Kverything which depresses or arouses 

 violent passions is a waster of mental 

 force. ICvery time a wrong, thought is in- 

 dulj^ed there is a waste of mental energy, 

 of achievement-power All wrong think- 

 ing is negative, and the mind can only 

 create when it is positive and affirmative. 



Until we can control our moods and 

 marshal our thoughts at will, as a general 

 marshals his army, we can never do our 

 best work. We must master onr thoughts 

 or be their skive. No man who is at the 

 mercy of his moods is a free man. He 

 oidy is free who can rise to his dominion 

 in S])ite of his ttiental enemies. If a man 

 must consult his moods every morning to 

 see whether he can do his best work or 

 not during the day; if he must look at his 

 mental thermoTueter, when he rises, to 

 see whether his courage is rising or fall- 

 ing; if he says to himself, "I can do a 

 good (lav's work today if the 'blues' don't 

 strike me. if some unfortunate phase of 

 l)usiness does not come U]) and disturb 

 my e(|uilibriuni, or if I can oidy manage 

 to keep my temper," he is a slave; he can 

 not be successful or happy. 



How different is the outlook of a man 

 who feels confident everv morning that 

 he is going to do a man's work, the very 

 best that he is capable of, during the day! 

 How superbly he carries himself who 

 knows that he can work out the Creator's 

 desiu;u each day, and has no fear, no 

 doubt, lu) anxiety as to what he can ac- 

 complish! He feels that he is master of 

 himself, and knows to a certainty that no 

 moods or conditions have power to hin- 

 der him. He has come into his dominion. 



Amid the feverish rush and turmoil of 

 modern life, the fierce competion. and the 

 nerve-exhausting struggle for existence 

 in which the majority are engaged, we 



