The Complete Works of Florence Scovel Shinn
Florence Scovel Shinn
Language: English
Pages: 173
ISBN: B01MQIM0L9
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Florence Scovel Shinn taught generations of readers how to live richer, fuller lives with her four empowering classics: The Game of Life and How to Play It; Your Word Is Your Wand; The Secret Door to Success; and The Power of the Spoken Word. This volume collects all four of those works, offering a wealth of affirmations and real-life success stories. Self-improvement expert Norman Vincent Peale praised Shinn's works as essential guides, helping readers to "find prosperity, solve problems, and have better health."
knew a woman, whose burden was resentment. She said, “I cast this burden of resentment on the Christ within, and I go free, to be loving, harmonious and happy.” The Almighty superconscious, flooded the subconscious with love, and her whole life was changed. For years, resentment had held her in a state of torment and imprisoned her soul (the subconscious mind). The statement should be made over and over and over, sometimes for hours at a time, silently or audibly, with quietness but
theatre in town, “Is there a metaphysician in the house?” People are beginning to realize the power of their words and thoughts. They understand why “Faith is the substance of the thing hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” We see the law of expectancy working out through superstition. If you walk under a ladder and expect it to give you bad luck, it will give you bad luck. The ladder is quite innocent; bad luck came because you expected it. We might say, expectancy is the substance of
just one cup of anything. I showed it to some friends with enthusiasm, thinking it so very cute, and one said, “It will never work.” The other said, “If it belonged to me, I’d throw it away.” I stood up for the little dripolator and said I knew it would work, which it did. My friends were simply typical of the average person who says, “It can’t be done.” All big ideas meet with opposition. Do not let other people rock your boat. Follow the path of wisdom and understanding, “and turn not from
fear of failure is the greatest of all fears, and at least seventy-five per cent of those examined psychologically have this failure fear. Of course, this may refer to failure of health, failure in business, finances, love, success, etc. Other important fears are fear of the dark, fear of being alone, fear of animals. Some people fear they will be misunderstood, while others fear they are losing mental control. Constant and continued fear affects the glands—interferes with digestion and is
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