that which his influence would bring out of you._ For instance, you were
late at your appointment with him. Of course you _thought_ you had a
good excuse; but if promptitude were _one of your strong points_,
instead of one of your latencies, you would have been on time in spite
of that excuse--if it were your _habit_ to be on time you'd have swept
aside a much greater hindrance before you would have allowed yourself to
be behind time. Now So-and-so is naturally prompt and, having had some
experience with you he knew you were not; so when, he having arrived
fifteen minutes ahead of time as it is _his_ nature to do, _you_ came
tripping in fifteen minutes late--smiling confidingly as you excused
yourself (he, having spent the half hour in cultivating a grouch at you
for not being as prompt as himself)--he, of course, looked sulky and
answered shortly. Then you pouted and finally _worked yourself_ into
quite a temper over his inconsiderateness and crankiness because of that
paltry little fifteen minutes he had to wait. He _worked himself_ into a
temper because you were not on time; you _worked yourself_ into a
temper because he wasn't "nice." All that working was your
individual doings.

But it all resulted in your resolving that if ever you had another
engagement with that man (you'd take good care not to if you could help
it, though!) you'd be _on time_ if it killed you. Of course you didn't
tell him so. And _he_ resolved that the next time he made an engagement
with you he'd know it, but _if_ he did he would make up his mind to be
_on_ time instead of ahead of time, and he'd not care if you
_were_ late.

So you see, the Law of Attraction accomplished its divine purpose in
attracting you two to make that engagement--it waked in you a
_resolution_ toward promptness; and it waked in him a _resolution_ to be