There is always a Red Sea to cut off pursuers and obliterate your tracks—unless perchance you dig up your old tracks and lug them along through the wilderness. If you do, I give you fair warn­ing, you’ll never get across the border into the land flowing with milk and honey.

This is a new, glorious day—different from any other day—. a clean, beautiful day. The Red Sea ‘has wiped out all the old days; the new days are not yet born. This is the only day there is. Go play in it.

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“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.” One thing at a time, and that thing done with all thy heart ;— this is concentration, the secret of Life and Creation itself. And it is a simple little thing—so simple that a child does it without effort, and any man or woman can acquire it again by practise.

Remember, that every time you say to yourself, “I must,” you tell a lie, and you commit a crime against yourself. You lay upon yourself a burden and rob yourself of the joy of doing.

Every time you catch yourself saying, “I must,” DENY it hard. Sit down in a chair, relax all over and ask yourself solemnly who says you “must.” You said it. You are doing all the compelling. Why? Simply because you choose to do this particular thing. There is no compulsion about it. You CHOOSE to do it—you want to do it. You are exercising your divine FREE WILL to do it. Oh, of course you can say, “If it wasn't for this, that or the other I wouldn’t do it.” But that does not alter the fact that you can fold your hands and leave it undone if you choose. But you desire to do it. You choose to. You want to.

Keep at this practise of logic until you realize that you have thought yourself completely out of the old "must" feelings.

As you emerge from the “must” feelings you will find the joy of life filling you, and you will find memory and other faculties regaining the vigor of youth.

Everything but a mushroom or a toadstool takes time to manifest. You have been growing into the “must” habit since child­hood. It may take time to outgrow it. But perseverance will accomplish it. And the more faithful you are in practice the

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more quickly will you realize the freedom, joy, youth you desire.
The joy of life is HERE and NOW.
Joy of life is the power of accomplishment.
All things are easily possible to him that believes—and practices.
“The proof of the pudding is in the eating.”

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