The Prosperity & Wealth Bible - Kahlil Gibran

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brains passing you. Wait. The prizes of life seem to you to be unevenly distributed. Wait. The click and glare of Gold and Silver play songs to your senses. But Wait. Do more than you are paid for in real work and conscientious Effort. Conquer the Trifles. Reap the respect of your Superiors. Wait. And your rise to power shall be as the rise to power of the men and women who have made this world what it is.

      Learn to Wait.

      Stomachs

      The Stomach is the Firebox of the Body. Its simple construction, patterned by a Supreme Master, is imitated by the human makers of the greatest Engines in the world — Engines that have knit Civilization and populated Nations.

      Respect your Stomach.

      Every human Stomach is from the same mold. But never has there been bora a human being that took care of his Stomach in quite the same way. In real importance, greater than any other organ of the human Body, it is least respected — it is most neglected.

      Respect your Stomach.

      For your Stomach is your Success. Nothing can replace a ruined Stomach. Think seriously of this as you burn its walls with the beautifully colored contents of dainty Glasses. Think of this when you hurriedly throw into its marvelous pocket, ill selected and quickly masticated Food. Think of this as you neglect its call for regular Fuel and regular Care. Think of this when it begs for Rest.

      Respect your Stomach.

      No Stomach ever turned Traitor to a good Caretaker. A companionable Stomach will work wonders for its Master. It will build Power for scores of years. It will knit Strength and Elasticity into Bones and Muscles. It will create unfailing Nerve Centers. It will pump a great Heart. It will give an iron Will and a masterful Brain. Kind Stomachs are more than Coronets, and simple care to them, than Norman Blood.

      Respect your Stomach.

      Morning, Noon and Night — and between times —

      Respect your Stomach.

      To-Day

      This is the most important day in the history of the world. Because it is the Latest Day — and the only Day of its kind that shall ever dawn again.

      There is no To-morrow — To-day.

      Worry shall have no part of this Day. Disappointment, Fear, Envy, Bitterness, Regret, Anger, Selfishness, and their like — they are of the Past a part. They must have naught of standing or of voice in this Day. For, as already said, THIS Day shall never come around again. Its reception must be Royal and the works in its twenty-four hours must be performed with serious consideration and under the bearing of Responsibility and Appreciation.

      There is no To-morrow — To-day.

      Your Smile To-day will be worth the millions in the To-morrow. Your Efforts, your Deeds, your Courtesies, your Words, your written Thoughts, your ALL, will count for more To-day than all your mapped out plans of twenty years to come.

      There is no To-morrow — To-day.

      What odds if your ancestors were Monkeys a few years back — so you are a Man to-day! Whether or no you shall be the Great man or woman ten years from To-day shall depend on what manner of acting man or woman you are To-day. There are no accidents of Destiny. The Big Thing to be is the Little Thing to do — To-day.

      There is no To-morrow — To-day.

      Manners

      It is inferred that Manners make the Man. No — the Man makes the Manners. For Manners are the Man. And they point the path of Interpretation to a Character as surely as does the weather-vane tell exactly the direction of the wind.

      Be your Best Self always.

      You enter a car, an office, a home, pace a street. People — your like and image — you meet everywhere. Your Manners in their presence mark your standing and your own enjoyment. Your smile, your graciousness, your courtesy, change the gruff attitude of a clerk or the cold reception of the one you face whether it be for your profit or his.

      Be your Best Self always.

      “Sir,” once said Dr. Johnson, “a man has no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.” The man or woman of Manners is the person of consideration and tact. And nothing but the inbred quality of Manner is genuine. For money or social standing or quick achievement cannot give it.

      Be your Best Self always.

      Now, Manners are a possession most enviable. Few are born without the possibility of them. A large number who have them hidden away somewhere use them not. To find them out and put them to use and to habit is an event much to be heralded. A better day than this to start could not be found. How about polishing them up at home? How about carrying them as you do your grip or morning paper to your office? How about investing them, as sure dividend bringers, in your office helpers and day associates — from the humblest to the greatest? You can do so if you decide as a settled thing to —

      Be your Best Self always.

      Relax

      Achievement is the result of the proper co-ordination between Work and Rest. Were it not for its regular fraction-of-a-second Rest between each throb, the Heart would soon pump itself out.

      Relaxation is Energy Stored Up.

      Go into any Business Office. Hunt out the man whose work seems to be going on with Smoothness and with the least Friction. Study him carefully — for he is sure to be the Boss himself. Having no time for foolish dreams and useless details, yet such a man is never too busy to Listen and to Learn — and Relax. He makes every effort Count — by periodic Resting.

      Relaxation is Energy Stored Up.

      There is to Relaxation a quiet, cumulative power that is sure to hold you in good stead if ever Panic or Disorder come near. For it is at such times that every ounce of energy and resource is demanded.

      Relaxation is Energy Stored Up.

      Relax as you Work. Think as you Go. Reflect upon the Improvement of everything you Do. All things can wait upon a man building up and fortifying his own Soul and his own Character. Invest in Relaxation.

      Self-Control

      Self-Control is simply manly Courage fully fit — ready to act calmly in Emergency. It’s the Man at the helm in complete Power. Also, Self-Control is the Man Self-Happy because Self-Bossed.

      You can Be what you Will, if you Will to Be.

      For the intricate Forces of the Brain cluster about each other seeking a Leader. And the Man-power steps out and takes command. First of all, you are what you are. Rude hands never shaped you. Divinity formed you in the raw. Then Divinity must shape you into the Strong. Self-Control is the cornerstone of Divinity.

      You can Be what you Will, if you Will to Be.

      Rule your own Self and you immediately find yourself in the center of things, for you draw others your way. The great Shop with its thousands of wheels, belts, bolts and screws, all working in the smoothest unison, grips the admiration as its marvelous Power Plant, human-like in perfect Self-Control, produces its completed Machines. But greater are you in your Human Shop, while under absolute Self-Control, you turn out Deeds worthy and un-ending.

      You can Be what you Will, if you Will to Be.

      Self-Control must needs be made up of Patience, the ability to keep Still when you feel like Talking right out, and the iron holding down of your own Self for the sake of the Bigger Hours. No man ever won anything without first winning Himself. You are a strong Human bundle of Passion, Red Pepper — and Power. Your Mixing of these things in wise proportion and mastering them will mold you

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