Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1904-08-04
SUCCESS.
That Elusive Thing So PersistentIy
Wooed by All, Discussed
BY Grace N. Brown.


wooed by All, Discussed
BY Grace N. Brown.
What Is this bewildering. huttering
thing which the world calls success?
Is II power? Is 1t money? Is 1t
personal love? Or. Is It all and even
more than these three mighty forces!
So many people have an idea that
the power Of attracting money is the
only plane Of success, and healers and
magazines the world over are adver-
tising to treat people for success. as
though one can find success or any
thing else for that matter outside Of
himself
We all realize the value of money
but 1t is not the only thing needful.
Money, as a medium Of exchange and
as a symbol Of mighty things, is inn
portant with a tremendous impor-
tance. and is certainly to be given its
due place in the problem of life.
There is no subject about which
people are more divided and before
which they seem more powerless than
this subject Of money. AS with every
other phase Of life's conditions. 1t Is
only by the study Of truth and the re-
lation Of the individual to 1t. that
the world will be equalized in its mad
rush for this symbol Of the almighty
dollar. which expresses SO much.
1t seems sometimes as though sue
cess is a sort Of a microbe. a conta-
gious something to be found on the
outside and absorbed into the life.
and we do hear people talk about sue
cess as though 1t was a dose of medi-
cine, to be distributed In little num-
bered packages and given when one
has an attack of bad luck.
The truth Is that human beings
have the right and are intended to
absolutely control their own condi-
tions and environment. Man Is In
very truth the arbiter of his own
destiny, although you can't blame
some people for wanting to deny the
responsibility when you see what glo-
rious failures they make of their
lives.
Success Is the power Of selecting
and assimilating from the universal
energy that quality Of the life wave,
which belongs to us. and which ye
love. =
Success is accomplishing by being
that expression OF spirit which by our
love becomes a constructive force.
Success means a rounding out. a
perfecting Of all the atoms and force
OF the whole being, because there can
be no true development on one plane
which interferes In any way with our
development on another plane.
Each man has his own innate idea
Of what he desires for his own in
dividual success and IL other people
will let him alone long enough. he
Will work II ont in his own way.
IL a man Is true to himself and his
own ideals, he will be successful,
whether his action suits the world or
not. Many men and women. who
have shocked their own generations
by their actions, have gone to the
scaffold with the glory of other
realms upon their faces and the next
generation calls them martyrs. II
may take centuries for their success
to be recognized; but they know
whether they were successful or not
Others whom the world calls sue
cessful have accumulated millions Of
dollars. and go through the world.
shivering with horror because OF fsome
fancied fear which disentegrates them
in slow torture.
Money Is very cheap sometimes.
Successful men create, or rather
manifest and master, the condition
which surrounds them. All men seem
to be seeking happiness in the fulfill
ing OF their desires. One thinks mon
ey Is what he wants, another fame,
another personal love. another Is alb
sorbed In his art, but after all, as an
ultimate. do they satisfy? They are
all good OF course. but not one has
ever brought permanent happiness.
Human beings have desired and Sc
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the earth. only to grow beyond II and
have IL turn to dust and ashes in
their hands.
What then do we want? 7 will tell
you've want that power which
creates all things. We want thar
spiritual strength. which adds all
things unto Il. II we have the key to
the vast storehouse IL In not necess-
airy for us to grab and accumulate
such a lot that II spoils on our con-
science. IL we happen TO have such
an old-fashioned thing.
In reality we are one with oil the
universe. We are part OF It's infinite
power and freedom. Why then should
we be crushed by the conditions
around us? We shall not be when we
understand and are more conscious
OF that oneness. Rather we shall be-
come more and more constructive un-
I'll we are a mighty power for radia-
ton and for harmonizing all life.
Our work and our love belong TO
the present life. II IL the eternal now
for which we were born. God gave to
humanity the power over all things
In the divine economy Of love and wis
dom. and he wIio@e heagS r. full OF
love for he welfare OF humanity. is
on the first step.
Love and labor are the sacred meth
DDS toward true success. They bring
us into completeness and complete
ness consists In the perfect balance
OF intellect and feeling. and all the
positive elements Of he mind.
II n the harmonious Wilderness IN
every individual which leads to health
and harmony Of the whole.