Welcome to the inspirational living podcast.

Today's reading was edited and adapted from How to Lick Fear by David V. Bush, published in 1924.

Not many people believe in witches and goblins anymore, but plenty of us have, through fear,

worry and shyness, conjured up numerous devils to beset our road, to rob us of our happiness,

and sink us into the rut of despair. Borrowed troubles, magnified worries, these are the modern devils which camp on nearly everyone's trail,

block many a successful highway.

What is there to fear? Nothing but fear. But thousands of us are haunted day and night

by that particular devil of the imagination. Devils of worries, fear and disappointment,

are barriers which only the mind can overcome.

Devils like our troubles are mostly in our minds.

If we mix up a witch's brew of fear and worry, we shall sip a bitter cup of unhappiness indeed.

Loss may become such a devil, it could drive us to suicide today, as it is done to thousands

in the past.

And yet loss may be a blessing in disguise, or an incentive to drive us to greater accomplishments.

Whatever effect it has on us depends upon the state of our mind.

Loss may be as vinegar to the taste, and wormwood to the soul, or loss may help us to make

friends and lay the foundation for success or riches. That intangible

quality of thought, not seen with the eyes, makes your world or breaks your world,

irrespective of loss, disappointment, sorrow or grief.

Hence the necessity of making the day right, by thinking right.

Arthur Brisbane well said,

Everything in life depends on how we feel, not merely upon what we have.

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