eep people well, instead of attempting to make
them well after sickness and disease comes on; and still beyond this
there will come a time when each will be his own physician. In the
degree that we live in harmony with the higher laws of our being, and
so, in the degree that we become better acquainted with the powers of
the mind and spirit, will we give less attention to the body,--no less
_care_, but less _attention_.

The bodies of thousands today would be much better cared for if their
owners gave them less thought and attention. As a rule, those who
think least of their bodies enjoy the best health. Many are kept in
continual ill health by the abnormal thought and attention they give
them.

Give the body the nourishment, the exercise, the fresh air, the
sunlight it requires, keep it clean, and then think of it as little as
possible. In your thoughts and in your conversation never dwell upon
the negative side. Don't talk of sickness and disease. By talking of
these you do yourself harm and you do harm to those who listen to you.
Talk of those things that will make people the better for listening to
you. Thus you will infect them with health and strength and not with
weakness and disease.

To dwell upon the negative side is always destructive. This is true of
the body the same as it is true of all other things. The following
from one whose thorough training as a physician has been supplemented
by extensive study and observations along the lines of the powers of
the interior forces, are of special significance and value in this
connection: "We can never gain health by contemplating disease, any
more than we can reach perfection by dwelling upon imperfection, or
harmony through discord. We should keep a high ideal of health and
harmony constantly before the mind. . . .

"Never affirm or repeat about your health what you do not wish to be
true. Do not dwell upon your ailments, nor study your symptoms. Never
allow yourself to be convinced that you are not complete master of
yourself. Stoutly affirm your superiority over bodily ills, and do not
acknowledge yourself the slave of any inferior power. . . . I would
teach children early to build a strong barrier between themselves and
disease, by healthy habits of thought, high thinking, and purity of
life. I would teach them to expel all thoughts of death, all images of
disease, all discordant emotions, like hatred, malice, revenge, envy,
and sensuality, a