cry out, "Oh, it is a joy to be
alive."

I know an officer on our police force who has told me that many times
when off duty and on his way home in the evening, there comes to him
such a vivid and vital realization of his oneness with this Infinite
Power, and this Spirit of Infinite Peace so takes hold of and so fills
him, that it seems as if his feet could scarcely keep to the pavement,
so buoyant and so exhilarated does he become by reason of this
inflowing tide.

He who comes into this higher realization never has any fear, for he
has always with him a sense of protection, and the very realization of
this makes his protection complete. Of him it is true,--"No weapon
that is formed against thee shall prosper;" "There shall no ill come
nigh thy dwelling;" "Thou shalt be in league with the stones of the
field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee."

These are the men and the women who seem to live charmed lives. The
moment we fear anything we open the door for the entrance of the
actualization of the very thing we fear. An animal will never harm a
person who is absolutely fearless in regard to it. The instant he
fears he opens himself to danger; and some animals, the dog for
example, can instantly detect the element of fear, and this gives them
the courage to do harm. In the degree that we come into a full
realization of our oneness with this Infinite Power do we become calm
and quiet, undisturbed by the little occurrences that before so vex and
annoy us. We are no longer disappointed in people, for we always read
them aright. We have the power of penetrating into their very souls
and seeing the underlying motives that are at work there.

A gentleman approached a friend the other day, and with great show of
cordiality grasped him by the hand and said, "Why, Mr. ------, I am so
glad to see you." Quick as a flash my friend read him, and looking him
steadily in the eye, replied, "No, you are mistaken, you are not glad
to see me; but you are very much disconcerted, so much so that you are
now blushing in evidence of it." The gentleman replied, "Well, you
know in this day and age of conventionality and form we have to put on
the show and sometimes make believe what we do not really feel." My
friend once more looked him in the face and said, "Again you are
mistaken. Let me give you one little word of advice: You will always
fare better and will think far more of yourself, always to recognize