he mind at the same time.

No matter whether you feel like it or not, just affirm that you _must_
feel like it, that you _will_ feel like it, that you _do_ feel like it,
that you are normal and that you are in a position to do your best.
Say it deliberately, affirm it vigorously and it will come true.

The next time you get into trouble, or are discouraged and think you
are a failure, just try the experiment of affirming vigorously,
persistently, that all that is real _must_ be good, for God made all
that is, and whatever doesn't seem to be good is not like its creator
and therefore can not be real. Persist in this affirmation. You will
be surprised to see how unfortunate suggestions and adverse conditions
will melt away before it.

The next time you feel the "blues" or a fit of depression coming on,
just get by yourself--if possible after taking a good bath and dressing
yourself becomingly--and give yourself a good talking-to. Talk to
yourself in the same dead-in-earnest way that you would talk to your
own child or a dear friend who was deep in the mire of despondency,
suffering tortures from melancholy. Drive out the black, hideous
pictures which haunt your mind. Sweep away all depressing thoughts,
suggestions, all the rubbish that is troubling you. Let go of
everything that is unpleasant; all the mistakes, all the disagreeable
past; just rise up in arms against the enemies of your peace and
happiness; summon all the force you can muster and drive them out.
Resolve that no matter what happens you are going to be happy; that you
are going to enjoy yourself.

When you look at it squarely, it is very foolish--almost criminal--to
go about this beautiful world, crowded with splendid opportunities, and
things to delight and cheer us, with a sad, dejected face, as though
life had been a disappointment instead of a priceless boon. Just say
to yourself, "I am a man and I am going to do the work of a man. It's
right up to me and I am going to face the situation."

Do not let anybody or anything shake your faith that you can conquer
all the enemies of your peace and happiness, and that you inherit an
abundance of all that is good.

We should early form the habit of erasing from the mind all
disagreeable, unhealthy, death-dealing thoughts. We should start out
every morning with a clean slate. We should blot out from our mental
gallery all discordant pictures and replace them with the harmonious,
uplifting, life-g