The minutest quantity of this kind of temper or will-power, instilled or inoculated into the mind of a worrier, will "ferment." a determination to quit worrying - to get well. This is the essence of the " I will" idea or plan - a positive determination to do something for one's self. This is true mind-cure, or mind-power.

Worry always means hurry, involving as it does an excessive activity of the body or mind, or both - this means overwork, a condition which inevitably results in worry, nervousness and exhaustion. The old adage "make haste slowly" then has a good reason or basis for its existence. If you don't hurry, you won't worry. If you don't hurry you won't overwork. Hurry means high-tension. High-tension is the counterpart of a break-neck speed, which is bound to lead to a "runaway" of the nerves sooner or later. Worry is caused by fear, yet there is nothing to fear in the whole universe. Learn self control and you will conquer worry, fear, anger, and all the other evil passions. Learn to relax both the body and the mind. Mental relaxation or rest is absolutely necessary in the worrying condition. Relaxation of the body is easy in comparison with relaxation of the mind. Mental relaxation or mental rest is an absolute necessity in conditions of worry, nervousness, etc. The minds of these individuals never stop thinking. The individual may relax muscularly but not mentally. If these persons could only stop thinking a few hours each day, what an amount of vitality would be saved. Many persons keep themselves sick by their active imagination. In fact worry is often kept up in just this way : the mind can think health or it can think ill-health, just as the individual wills. When we will good health, we practise mind-cure in its purest form, the basis for which is to be found in religion. Belief in God is the basis of true mind-cure. Belief gives rise to hope, and hope is one of the most powerful stimulants to which the body can be subjected. If a man have nothing to hope for, he must indeed be depressed and spiritless.

Remember that worry kills and devitalizes, and as such do not harbor worrying ideas, which are poisonous. The individual who is always in a hurry does not see half the beautiful things of this world.

There is much unnecessary worry about the salvation of the soul, due to fear and the teaching of being eternally damned. The idea of an avenging and relentless God, as once preached, is enough to create terror in the minds of the young, lasting through life; and even when, as adults, we realize and fully comprehend the Love of God towards all His children is not in accordance with all those terrifying teachings, we can hardly free ourselves of this fear of being everlastingly lost.

If any man needs to have a sound basis of hope and good cheer, it is the sick man or the worried woman. The man or woman who believes in God, and who knows that He cares for each one of us, has a great foundation upon which to base faith and hope.

To tell a nervous woman to stop thinking about herself is about as sensible as to tell the wind to stop blowing, or the sun to stop shining. The proper thing to do is to give her something outside herself to think or be engaged about. Introspection and retrospection are the great bugbears of those who worry. Such individuals must be encouraged to occupy themselves in doing something that will absorb the attention, and wean the mind from dwelling on one's self or troubles, whether these be real or imaginary. The advice of a celebrated English nerve specialist to overwrought and nervous women was to go home and do fancy knitting for half an hour every day; this idea involves a change of thought, which in many circumstances is just what worriers require.

Another excellent plan, covering the same scope, is the practise of systematic deep breathing, which may be practised with advantage in many ways. When one begins to worry, the mind must be diverted in some way. One of the best methods of doing this is to practise deep breathing, keeping the mind or thoughts concentrated upon the exercises, following, in imagination, the passage of the air up and down.

in the filling and emptying of the lungs, just as one rises and falls with the tide when sitting in a boat swaying with the current. Inhale and exhale fully, easily and intently. Banish the idea of worry entirely; if necessary, repeat any phrase or phrases five, ten, twenty, or even one hundred times if need be, which may seem to help you or give you determination. These phrases may be your own making, such as "I shall not fear or worry." "I will be well." "I shall not think, worry," etc. Remember the power to act well is always yours to wield. Pray without ceasing.

Most worriers live in the past, the present and the future, all at once.

The worrier recalls the troubles and mistakes of the past, carries the burdens of the present and anticipates the woes of the future. The triple load is overpowering.

Healthy individuals can live but one of these at one time.

" Take no (anxious) thought for the morrow." "Let the dead (past) bury its dead."

These inspired words in themselves teach the folly and sin of worry.

Always see something beautiful in the weather, whatever it may be. The weather, like the poor, is always with us, and is always beautiful to those who are well. Torrents of rain are quite as beautiful as the sunshine.

The cure for worry then, briefly stated, may be summarized as follows : Removal of and forgetfulness of the cause producing it, living and thinking good health. If there be causes producing it over which one has no control, and yet one which is like a millstone around the neck, the mind should be made up that under no circumstances will the conditions be allowed to continue - they must cease. At such times the services of the physician, preacher or a friend, may be consulted with advantage.