Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15
Thought Magnets.

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MYTH each strong thought. with
/ wv every earnest longing
For aught thou deemest need
ful TO thy soul.
Invisible forces are set thronging
Between thee and that goal.
alters
'Tis only when some sudden weakness
altres
And changes thy desire, or makes it
less,
That this mysterious army ever falters
or stops short of success.
Thought Is magnet, and the longed
for pleasure,
! Or boon, or aim, or object is the
steel
And its attainment hangs but on the
measure
OF what thy soul can feel.
EfTDEAS often come to you that up
lift you greatly for a time. The
way to make them permanent is
to take hold of them by forming them
into words and repeating the words I'M
til your subconscious self receives them
and begins to build with them.
For instance a friend who had very
set opinions about right and wrong
allowed herself to get very much
wrought up when things about her
went on in a way that to her seemed
wrong She tried to practice self-con-
troll, but never gained the victory az
she desired until one day when the
! thought came to her that II was far
more important TO demonstrate self
control than II was to have everything
go on about her as she thought y
should.
"She did not want the idea to get
away from her, so she wrote 1t down
| like this: 1T is not so important that
things go as think they should as it
/ is that I should be master OF them
| through self control Then she re-
| peated this again and again and held
it in the Silence until the words be-
came substance In her and gave her
mind a Ann hold so that in the next
temptation to give way to her feelings
she easily gained the victory. You can
apply this in any kind of experience
you may have"
UNITY.
II you are wording among people
whose manners and habits jar upon
you, apply this rule and watch devel-
! opments.
Once you CONTROL YOURSELF
you will be surprised to find how many
things which annoy you will change or
disappear.
! Just so long as you are servant
to your own irritable nerves and whims,
you will find the world Is one success
sion of sharp corners against which
you bruise yourself at every move.
When you became master of yourself
! the corners viii round into curves i'm
perceptiably, but surely.
Your Attitude.
The same rule applies in your home
What attitude are you taking to-
ward your own family and relatives
and friends and toward humanity?
Are you posing as a martyr? Do
YOU wear the resigned expression of a
wronged creature who must submit 10
persecution. or a sulIen, resentful one
| or a belligerent one?
! Are you thinking and brooding over
your wrongs and making yourself and
others miserable in consequence?
If you are doing any one of these
things you are criminal-far worse
than many a convict behind prison
| bars. IF you are disturbing the peace
OF your household. the comfort Of hus-
band. or children, or relatives, or
friends by your temper, your com
plants, or your sarcasm, then you are
a murderess. II is more unpardon-
able crime than many committed by
people who are condemned by Judge
and jury, no matter how high your
standing I'm church or community.
Perhaps you are a wronged, misused
wife, and tell me your troubles have
destroyed your nervous system and
that you cannot help being irritable
and cross and saying unpleasant
things at times
! tell you in reply that the most
adorable, agreeable and angelic woman
ever knew was a wronged wife. a
woman who had suffered every indlg-
nifty and humiliation and neglect pos
sible from a mean brutal ma tured man.
Yet she made heaven for her children
| and friends I'm her home
She had learned this great law Of
becoming master of circumstanc
through self control