plenty of nourishment, sleep in the middle of the day, simplify your
daily living, keep away from sick and unhappy people, stop talking
about your own trials. LET GO. Drop fretting over trifles, check
selfish desires, go afield with the sheep and cattle, do not let
your house-work make you a slave. PLAN some new outlet, do something
different. Banish anger, forget self, help some lame dog across the
street, borrow a poor child and go out to the zoo, lift up someone who
is down, do strong things, avoid excitement, keep out of the crowd,
check strife and antagonism, GET THE HAPPY HABIT. Think one thing at a
time, let that be a PLEASANT THING.

=INSOMNIA:= Retire loving the world, letting go of self. Drink a
cup of hot water, quarter milk, with a bit of salt. Relax mind and
body, say the word, SLEEP just with the rhythmic swing of a clock
pendulum slowly. YOU WILL SLEEP.

=BE RID OF HABITS:= Quit making excuses for the habit, stop lying
about its being hereditary. RESOLVE, AND YOU ARE FREE. Keep away from
the cause of your habit. Shame yourself when you commit it. Praise
yourself when you master it once. Destroy the desire of your habit, by
putting a good desire in its place. Stop buying tobacco, or drink, and
buy flowers, music, or a farm. ROUSE YOUR WILL. SEVERELY CALL YOURSELF
TO ACCOUNT WHEN YOU SLIP. Stop talking about how you suffer, or how
hard it is, talk about the victory. When you are tempted, SIT IN
SILENCE TEN MINUTES AND SAY, "I AM SUPREME." You will win over any
habit that you may have. Change your position. Change your work.
Change your associations. Drinking and smoking are the major habits
that enslave men. The moment you become disgusted with a habit it
loses power over you. When you get moral courage enough to hate it,
it will flee from you. You may conquer in five days, or it may be five
weeks. Just set aside a vacation of that time, and fight a battle
for Supreme manhood. Have confidence in yourself. Arouse your will to
splendid self-mastery. Have a motive for being rid of your habit. Have
enthusiasm. Be determined not to travel thru life loaded with a kit
of bad smelling smoking tools. Smoking does not stimulate, nor aid
digestion, it does not clear the brain, nor sooth the nerves. It is
quite the opposite. The same is true of the liquor habit. A habit is
a deficiency, it is a vicious enemy that mars and defeats Supreme
Personality.

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