Contrariwise, every good emotion makes a life-promoting change. Thus, it follows that it pays to think good thoughts and to do good acts for one's own sake. The power of God within us to accomplish. Strength or vigor of expression. Zeal in motion, the forerunner of every effect.
Enthusiasm is another word for zeal, and zeal is a great stimulator of man.
You cannot think of or repeat the word zeal without evoking a certain mental thrill that spurs you to action in some direction. The shepherds who were watching their flocks by night at the time of Jesus' birth symbolize protective entities of God that have kept watch over the soul in its sleep between incarnations. Our consciousness is our real environment. The outer environment is always in correspondence to the thoughts making up our consciousness. Our demonstrations are equivalent to the power and illumination contained in our realizations.