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There is the danger of carelessness due to weariness. Enthusiastic passion for the journey must be rekindled. It behooves one to pause and reestablish oneself spiritually, even dedicating oneself to the will of the cosmic. In this way one can lessen the possibility of directional error and also create the personal aura necessary in attracting cooperation from others. Rally your forces and set them moving. |
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For, as those laws that become as but watchwords to many on the tower, there is a whole day’s work before thee each day, with all its glorious opportunities of seeing the glory of the Lord manifested by thine own acts! Yet if that which confronts thee makes for discouragement, harshness of words, lack of enthusiasm, or those things that make for doubts or fears, the opportunity has turned its back—and what is the outlook? Doubt and fear! Study, then, to show thyself approved, each day! Do what thou knowest to do, to be aright! Then leave it alone! God giveth the increase! Thy worry, thy anxiety, only will produce disorder in thine own mind! For the application in self, the try, the effort, the energy expended in the proper direction, is all that is required of thee. God giveth the increase. 601-11 To be named as a vice-president doesn’t make the body any more capable, or his abilities any greater; neither does it increase the valuation in the eyes of the public—other than the ability to serve the public in that capacity in a greater degree. Raised to a position in a public service only gives the individual the opportunity to serve the public in a more noble manner. Position by name means little! Position by the acquiring of the abilities to fill the position means much! Fill self with enthusiasm for service, rather than glory for that attained. 257-32 (Q) Do adverse astrological influences have anything to do with his apparent inability to gain strength and enthusiasm again? (A) Not anything to do! These must be met and not followed! It is like this: You don’t feel like moving about, but move a little bit anyway—and this gains strength! 556-12 (Q) What can I do to regain the pep and enthusiasm which I need to be successful with [257] in the . . . Furniture line in N.Y.? (A) First have the physical conditions corrected, and get out of the attitude of trying to hedge or stall or trying to make for the easy way or the shortcuts. 1414-1 . . . if the efforts and activities—as we find—are expended in the right direction, this characteristic, this ability to express the personality, the enthusiasm that the entity is able to work itself up to on any proposition—either mental, spiritual or material (if convinced of the sincerity, the plausibility and possibilities), may be expanded upon by the entity in such a manner as to produce enthusiasm in the efforts of those with whom the entity may surround self in any endeavor. 342-2 | |
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