I greet The Indwelling Thinker.
Today’s “Pay Forward” gift is – “The Seven-Day Mental Diet.” The subject of diet is one of the foremost of the present day in public interest. Newspapers and magazines teem with articles on the subject. Emmet Fox wrote many years ago, first in a pamphlet later in his book “Power Through Constructive Thinking.” Emmet Fox deals with the subject of mental dieting, infinitely more profound and far-reaching in its effect than a food diet. It is the food (thoughts) we furnish our minds that determine our experience. There are no neutral thoughts, and all thoughts are personal. Change our minds and our conditions change. “We are transformed by the renewing of our minds.” The prescription is simply but not easy. For seven days, you must not allow yourself to entertain or dwell on any negative thought or feeling. When anger, fear, failure, negative thoughts and feelings come to mind, just don’t dwell on them. If we were sitting by an open fire when a red-hot cinder flies out and falls on our sleeve, if we knock it off at once, no harm is done. This diet seems to stir up all sorts of difficulties; that’s a good sign, because there is movement. If you lapse you must go off the diet altogether and then start again later. Do not tell anyone that you are on this diet; wait until it’s over. Thy Love, Thy Will be done.