Fear robs memory of happiness because it dwells upon the limitations and morbidities of the past; it robs the future of pleasureable and enthusiastic anticipation because it casts a shadow of its past into the future; it robs today of the possibility of fulfillment because it denies the good we might experience in the moment in which we live.
How much better it would be if we could think as a child thinks, abandoning ourselves to the integrity of the miracle-working universe in which we live. If the warmth of the sun can melt an iceberg, why should it now follow that there must be something in us or operating through us that can dissolve any difficulty, remove any obstruction, or renew any human relationship which has been impaired? We should consciously practise having faith just as we would practice to become a musician. We should take mental exercises to build up our acceptance of good. The process is simple enough since it finally resolves itself into very simple affirmations of conviction; but there must be a persistency until, finally, old thought patters melt and give way to new ones.
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