If we violate the laws of life we create trouble.
The reason why so many good people have troubles
is because they constantly violate the laws of mind,
not knowing that the mental laws are just as important as the moral laws.
Three fourths of the real troubles we meet
come originally from the habit of fostering imaginary troubles.
The majority of troubles we met in external experience
got their start from the troubles we created in our own mind
by permitting imagination to magnify certain things
that were not as they should be.
The mind that becomes troubled becomes weak.
The more trouble we feel in the midst of trouble,
the more troublesome that the trouble will become.
To tell your troubles may give you temporary relief,
but it is scattering seed broadcast
that will produce another crop of more trouble.
If you have troubles, turn your back upon them.
The troubles that we usually meet would not last long
if we refused to be troubled.
That person who retains poise and self-control in the midst of trouble,
will pass through it all without being seriously affected;
and when it is over, is much wiser and stronger for the experience.
The two principal reasons why we enter into the troubles
that other have produced
are found in morbid sympathy and in lack of judgement.
To enter into sympathy with trouble is to create more trouble.
You do not have to take into your mind
troubles that others have produced.
Before we can help others out of trouble
we must absolutely refuse to enter into those troubles ourselves.
To help others other of trouble we must remain strong;
and we can remain strong no matter what the circumstances may be.
