habit is formed.

Instantly control the attention and express it by action. Give a
positive welcome to the day and the light; express positive thanksgiving
for the thought that you have strength and that you have the joy of work
to do.

It is in the morning that we should begin to live a new life, a simple
life; it is then that we should eliminate all whines and abnormal
desires and open our hearts to receive the strength of a new day.

Life, growth and development respond to joy. Every flower seems to smile
to meet the sun, and the little bird sings in the midst of its duties.

Some scientists are hoping to discover the germ of old age, and by
destroying this to prolong life. The real germ, however, of old age is
found in the doubt and worry which we allow to enter the holy of holies
of the heart at the holiest hour of the day. If we guard the sacred
shrine of thought and consciousness from impure, unkind and discouraging
ideas at the moment of awaking it may be truly said that the enjoyments
of life as well as its length will be doubled.

The primary acts that express this joy are: first, expansion; second,
taking a deep breath; third, stretching of the body; fourth, a smile or
inward laugh.

Sometimes these take place so rapidly as to seem to be simultaneous,
but close examination will reveal a sequence, though rapid.

As in life we have to live a truth to know or understand it, so an act
of expression embodies the emotion.

True enjoyment is also always expansive. Anger and negative emotions
cause constrictions, while joy and love increase expansion.

"As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." It is the mind that makes
the man. When we reject a negative thought and accept a positive one we
begin the real battle of life. Negative emotion, every moment it is
expressed becomes stronger, and gradually takes complete possession of
us.

Prof. James says that everyone should do something disagreeable every
day, but there is great danger in accepting anything as disagreeable. We
must not only do something disagreeable, but we must accept and do it as
if it were an agreeable thing. This is most important. The attitude
toward life makes all the difference.

Another great teacher has said, "When a wrong thought comes in, say, Out
of my house, you don't belong here!"

Remember that the field of consciousness is a sacred shrine. From it
banish everything that is not full of joy and praise and comfort, that
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