Ifs in life

If a man refuses to give in to the influences around his path where he meets with influences that are sometimes favorable and at other times, adverse, then he shall remain standing during periods of adversity and relying upon the great Power within to carry him through, and will find that he can weather all the storms in life and come out of his trials greatly strengthened.

If, however, man's ambition is to serve and to give, instead of to grasp and to grab: if, also, he seeks success through merit and not through the misuse of his spiritual powers, he can go forward and the Power will go with him and will help him. When this Power has been brought into expression, it must only be used in love, for if it is used otherwise it will destroy the user.

If he thinks he is separate from God and cut off from His Power, then it is as though this were really the case, and he is just as impotent and miserable as though he actually existed apart from God. On the other hand, if he thinks and believes that he is one with the Infinite, he finds that it is gloriously true, and that he is really a son of God.

If it were possible that life is always easy, then life would not worth living, for the sole object of life is the building of character and the attainment of wisdom through experience.

If a man's faith in the Power within him is small, then his life will be feeble and lacking in achievement. If his faith in the Power is large, then great will be the power manifesting in his life. The Power of the Infinite is illimitable and inexhaustible: all that is required is an unquenchable belief and trust in it.