As A Man Thinketh

Everywhere you look, you see the grand blame game flourishing. In the political realm, every problem is blamed on the other party or other point of view. Homosexuals blame the misery they suffer on the religious for holding fast to their principles rather than their own diseased minds. One hears: "If only that Scoutmaster had been more understanding, my son might have..." "My daughter's coach was too hard on her, she quit sports because of him." "I would've graduated if it hadn't been for that stupid Professor." The list could go on forever. The only victim of the blame game either for society or for the individual is self.

In 1903, writer James Allen published a masterpiece As A Man Thinketh in England. In it, he lays out the intellectual and spiritual law of the harvest. This should be required reading for every citizen of a free society. I just poured over it for the first time since I was in high school. Here are some gems: "A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts." "cause and effect is as absolute and undeviating in the hidden realm of thought as in the world of visible and material things" "Of all the beautiful truths pertaining to the soul which have been restored and brought to light in this age, none is more gladdening or fruitful of divine promise and confidence than this - that man is the master of thought, the molder of character, and maker and shaper of condition, environment, and destiny." 

Here is a link to the free ebook.