A Woman of the World - Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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Of course you are well, and growing stronger daily, now that you realize
the fact that God made only health, wealth, and love, and that he intended all his children to share his opulence. As soon as the mind is filled with a dominating idea, no lesser ones can find lodgment therein. A woman of my acquaintance suffered agonies from seasickness. She crossed the ocean twice each year, yet seemed unable to accustom herself to the experience. On her last voyage her child fell dangerously sick with typhoid fever on the second day out at sea. So wrought up was the mother, and so filled with the thought of her child, that she never felt one moment's seasickness. Her mind was otherwise occupied. Now you have filled your mind with a consciousness of your divine right to health and happiness, and the thought of sickness and disease has no room. Yet do not be discouraged if you feel the old ailments and indispositions returning at times. A complete change in mental habits, is difficult to obtain in a moment. Be satisfied to grow slowly. A wise philosopher has said, "It is not in never falling that we show our strength, but in our ability to rise after repeated falls, and to continue our journey in triumph." |
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