use in the creating of a stronger personality, a more brilliant mind and a more beautiful soul.

Man is an alchemist in his own domain. He can change the basest metals of his life into the finest gold. He can transform every element within his own existence and make it what he may wish it to be. And though it is true that we shall meet many things that we do not look for, many adversities that we did not create, still we should count it all joy because we can make good use of everything and turn all things to good account.

The fact that each individual has the power to recreate his own world has led many to believe that the individual is the creator of everything that appears in his world. And therefore it has frequently been stated as a law that we find in life exactly what we put into it. This, however, is another half truth, because no person lives to himself, for himself or by himself. Each individual finds in his life many things that others have placed there both before and after birth, though each individual is at liberty to use all these things according to his own aims and desires.

Every individual act will affect thousands of lives for good or otherwise, depending upon the nature of the act. Therefore, every individual must learn not only how to place the best in all those lives that he may affect, including his own, but also how to use those things that constantly flow into his life