up against are the habits of thought that we have entertained for years, thoughts that deny the possibility of the good we wish to experience, as though something arises from our minds which says, “It’s too good to be true,” or, “: Nothing good could happen to me,” or,” I don’t understand how to use this Law anyway,” or, “I am not good enough to use It.”

It is no wonder that the Bible said that a man’s enemies shall be those of his own household. But here is a blessing in disguise, for if our real enemies are our own thoughts, we at least have located them. We now know what they are and how they work, and we know that we can change them.

The very fear we have had can be converted into faith, and the misuse of the Law of Mind, which has produced bondage, can as easily bring about our freedom. We must know that It not only can, It will, because It must. The first thing we have to learn to do, then, is to convert every negative mental attitude into a positive one, every fear into a faith, and every uncertainty into an assurance. The one who does this best is the one who has the deepest conviction and the most simple and child-like believe in a Power greater than he is.

It was not hard for the early settler to realize that if they could get water on the desert, it would spring forth in fruitage. They understood this well enough, and what they had to seek out were the sources from which the water flowed – the deep subterranean passages and the high mountaintops and the clouds that floated over them and the great will of nature to create.

Let us take this same idea and apply it to our mental and spiritual lives, realizing that nothing can oppose us but our own belief. Let us carefully watch our thoughts and listen to the way our minds are working. Surely we shall be surprised at the negative statements we are making about ourselves and each other and the possibilities of life. We shall be surprised how many times we are denying our good every hour of the day. We