housekeeping; cleanliness her second, which is like unto the first in

housekeeping; cleanliness her second, which is like unto the first in

importance. She lets extra rooms, furniture and fallals go until she

can pay well to have them cared for. The same rule obtains in her

kitchen and her personal dress.

 

The wise woman thinks of comfort and allows time for the joys of life,

wherefore all her life is a pleasure.

 

The foolish woman is ground under the wheels of routine. To her,

housework is a stern "duty" which comes first, and to which body,

mind, personal appearance, happiness, the joy of living, all must be

sacrificed.

 

Lastly, firstly, and all the time, the wise woman is guided in what to

do and in what to leave undone, by the Spirit of Love; whilst the

foolish woman is guided by the Spirit of Appearances.

 

Note the order in which I have written these needs of life; an exact

reversal of the usual order. Housework last, and the Spirit of Comfort

first. The tendency of every woman is to lose herself in troubling

over the many things of her household. If she would be happy, useful,

young and growing she MUST turn her life the other side up.

 

The best way to begin, the only successful way so far as I know, is by

MAKING time for the hour of reading and meditation and silence. She must

take the time, by sheer force of will - take it until it grows into a

habit which takes her. Out of this hour will come first peace and

self-control; and gradually she will find unfolding out of this peace

and control, the wisdom to know what to do, and how; and what not to

do. From this unfolding comes the ONLY power which can make new thought

practical to the individual case.

 

Are you satisfied with yourself and your condition? Then pursue your old

ways.

 

Are you dissatisfied with yourself and surroundings? In order to change

them YOU must change - that which was first with you must become

last AND THE LAST MUST BE FIRST.

 

Be still and know the I AM God of you; and, lo, all things shall be

added. But the things must be last, not first.

 

Seek ye first the kingdom of Good in yourself, and to be right with

it; and all things shall be added. All things shall be added to YOU,

not to other things.

 

Be still until you find yourself - your wise, loving, joy-giving Self

which dwells in the silence and is able to do whatsoever you desire.

 



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