RULES FOR HAPPINESS

  1. Be Grateful. Begin the day with gratitude for your opportunities and blessings.

  2. Be Interested In Others. Divert your mind from self-centered interests. In the degree you serve and help others, you experience the bi-product of happiness.

  3. Work and Pray Earnestly. The highest purpose of your life should be to grow in spiritual grace and power

  4. Live a Simple Life. Be temperate in your habits. Learn patience and kindness in all that you do.

  5. Think Constructively. Train yourself to think clearly and accurately. Store your mind with useful thoughts. Stand porter at the door of your mind.

  6. Ru1e Your Moods. Cultivate a mental attitude of peace and good will. When you lose your temper you lose your head.

  7. Spend Less Than You Earn. It may be difficult, but it pays dividends in contentment. Keep out of debt. Avoid extravagance.

  8. Give Generously. There is no greater joy in life than to render happiness to others by means of intelligent giving.

  9. Have a Hobby. Cultivate an avocation to which you can turn for diversion and relaxation.

  10. Keep Close To God. True and enduring happiness depends primarily upon close alliance with God. It is your privilege to have constant assurance of divine protection and guidance.

The Bible Teacher, Groesbeck, Texas

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