Success

crastination is the seed, and "going to do it" the tree that springs from the obsession of tomorrow. There is nothing in this world that ever springs spontaneously perfect. Creation, emanation and evolution is cosmic law, and it is human law too. And no matter what we want, have, do or be, we must begin it before we can finish it and possess the fruition. The individual who carries a hope, a dream, a desire hidden in their heart, and drags through days, months and years without the courage of putting it to the test, must be a failure because they are standing ever before their own unfulfilled selfhood. "God helps those who help themselves" has been spoken for centuries, and a thousand unseen forces are waiting to assist the one who knows 32 what they want and then flings themselves fearlessly on to their law Once I met a great woman, great in genius, great in personality, great in expression. She was training to become a public reader and teacher and perhaps later an actress. In some past incarnations she had fulfilled the law of all these desires and she came into life equipped fully for these big endeavors. I was fond of her and eager for the world to have the privilege of enjoying her great gifts. Always she said, "not yet, I am going to do it." Then she went on studying, always with this discordant urge within her, she longed to stop and get out into her legitimate field; whenever she came to me, I said, "why don't you begin, get ready, announce yourself, get a business manager or get into a company, won't you please do something to give yourself a chance?" Yes, she would, she was "going to do it." Ten years have passed and she has never done it and today, after ten years of foolish resistance and wear and tear on the physical side which repressed genius always brings, she is the decay of a glorious selfhood; lacking that subtle essence of divine command within her own soul she lost all, and will have to give this incarnation to the development of a consciousness which can direct her own soul. The world is full of those who are "going to do it" and so it is full of failures. "Do it now," is the watchword of success. It is common sense to give ourselves a legitimate amount of time to get ready for anything. The bigger our endeavor, the more time and thought it demands, and it is well said, "fools rush in where angels fear to tread," but it is also true that without this quality in the human soul which causes the fool to rush in, there are many fo