his dreams? Why was
Joseph the type of the "truly gifted seer?" Why did he not only dream,
but had also the power to interpret both his own dreams and the dreams of
others? Simply read the lives of the two. He who runs may read. In all
true power it is, after all, living the life that tells. And in
proportion as one lives the life does he not only attain to the highest
power and joy for himself, but he also becomes of ever greater service to
all the world. One need remain in no hell longer than he himself chooses
to; and the moment he chooses not to remain longer, not all the powers in
the universe can prevent his leaving it. One can rise to any heaven he
himself chooses; and when he chooses so to rise, all the higher powers of
the universe combine to help him heavenward.

When one awakes from sleep and so returns to conscious life, he is in a
peculiarly receptive and impressionable state. All relations with the
material world have for a time been shut off, the mind is in a freer and
more natural state, resembling somewhat a sensitive plate, where
impressions can readily leave their traces. This is why many times the
highest and truest impressions come to one in the early morning hours,
before the activities of the day and their attendant distractions have
exerted an influence. This is one reason why many people can do their
best work in the early hours of the day.

But this fact is also a most valuable one in connection with the moulding
of every-day life. The mind is at this time as a clean sheet of paper.
We can most valuably use this quiet, receptive, impressionable period by
wisely directing the activities of the mind along the highest and most
desirable paths, and thus, so to speak, set the pace for the day.

Each morning is a fresh beginning. We are, as it were, just beginning
life. We have it _entirely_ in our own hands. And when the morning with
its fresh beginning comes, all yesterdays should be yesterdays, with
which we have nothing to do. Sufficient is it to know that the way we
lived our yesterday has determined for us our today. And, again, when
the morning with its fresh beginning comes, all tomorrows should be
tomorrows, with which we have nothing to do. Sufficient to know that the
way we live our today determines our tomorrow.

"Every day is a fresh beginning,
Every morn is the world made new;
You who are weary of sorrow and sinning,
Here is a beautiful hope for you,