The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-22

Dull II Of Lorraine Society Oh
applied PhycholoSy)
We are what we make ourselves
and not what circumstances make us.
Whoever starts Off IN life WIN the
idea: IL shall succeed always does
succeed because he does what Is nee
essary to bring about this result.
Ii only one opportunity presents It.
self to him. and ii this opportunity
has, as it were. only one nair on It's
head, he seizeS 1t by that one hair.
Further he often brings about. un-
consciously or not, propitious circum.
stances:
He who, on the contrary, always
doubts himself never succeeds IN do
ing anything.
he might find himself in the midst
of an army of opportunities-~1th
heads of hair like Absalom-and yea
he would not see them and could not
seize q single one, even II he had
only to stretch out his hand In order
to do so.
And, II he brings about circum'
stances, they are generally unfaVor'
able ones.
Do not blame fate for failure; you
lave only yourself to blame.
People are always preaching the
doctrine CT effort. but this plea must
be repuGsated. Effort means will. and
will means the possible entrance 81
the imagination in opposition, ana
$ the bringing about OF ipe exactly con-
trary result to the desired one.
Study the following principle. which
In substance | have outlined else
where. On its correct understanding
and application may depend your sue
cess or failure:
When the Will and the Imagination
are in conflict, it is always the slag1.
nation which wins.
Such a case IS only tso frequent,
and then not only do We not do what
we want. but just the contrary OF
what we want.
For example: the more we try 10
20 to sleep. the more we try 10 re-
mcuber the name OF some one. the
more we try to stop laughing. the
more We try IL avoid an OBSTACLE
while thinking that we cannot DO 50,
tie more excited We become. the less
we can remember the name, the more
uncomfortable our laughter becomes,
and the mere surely we rush upon the
obstacle.
II Is then the Imagination and not
the Will which is the most important
faculty OF man: and thus it Is serl-
Gus mistake 10 advise people to train
| their Wills. it is the training OF Their
1aaginations which they ought TO set
about.
By believing oneself to be the mas
ter Of ones thoughts, ono becomes so
Always think that what you have
to do Is easy. ii possible. In this
state OF mind you will not spend more
of your strength than just what Is
necessary; il you consider 1t difficult
YOU will spend, ten, twenty times
more OF YOUR strength than you need;
IN other words you will waste it.
I cited. recently. in these articles
vile case OF q workman who, by faith
full application OF Autcsuggestlop
changed his mental attitude go tina,
in place OF brooding on suicide he was
fired by thoughts OF Improvement ami
so did improve himself in mental att'
tude and in his work that his EN-.
pioyer promoted him. Here is an
other case OF a workman whose i'm
haired efficiency was restored so that
ne was put ON the road to recovery.
NJ. Y, Post Office telegcapher ..
Luneville. Having lost one OF his
children in January. 1910, the trouble
produces In him cerebral disturb
ance which manitests itself by uncon.
trolable nervous trembling. His uncle
brings him to me in the month or
June. Preliminary experiments fol-
lowed by suggestion. Four days al.
forwards the patient returns to tell
me that the trembling has disappear.
ed. I renew the suggestion and tel
INN to return In eight days. A week
then q fortnight, then three weeks,
then q month, pass by without hear.
ing any more OF him. Shortly alter
wards his uncle comes and tells me
that he had just had letter from his
nephew, who is perfectly well. He has
taken on again his work as telegraph
lat which he had been Obliged to give
ND, and the day before. he had sent
off q telegram Of ITO words without
the least difficulty. Eln could easily
he added in his letter, have sent OIL
an even longer one. Since then he
had had no relapse.
Below Is an excerpt from letter
from q young woman school teacher
whose fear Of failure. when facing
examinations invariably produced
failure. She came to me In 1915 with
The result as outlined In her own
words-briefly Confidence, in place It
Fear, had given Success in place d:
Failure: q
THE final results OF the English