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Vitality Supreme
·
Bernarr Macfadden
154
Self-pity
is
another
evil.
It
is
closely
allied
to
worry.
There
are
many
who
cultivate
a
mental
attitude
of
this
sort
because
of
the
sorrows
through
which
they
have
passed.
Such
individuals
find
their
chief
delight
in
portraying,
in
vivid
details,
the
terrific
sufferings
which
they
have
had
to
endure.
No
one
has
suffered
quite
so
much
as
they
have.
They
harrow
their
friends
by
going
over
frequently
and
persistently
the
long,
gruesome
details
of
their
"awful"
past.
This
habit
is
destructive
to
an
extreme
degree.
Why
harbor
past
experiences
that
only
bring
sorrows
to
mind?
Why
add
to
the
bitterness
of
your
daily
life
by
dragging
up
the
lamentable
past?
Why
pass
along
to
your
friends
and
acquaintances
pain,
sorrow
and
gloom?
Each
human
entity
is
a
radiating
power.
You
have
the
capacity
of
passing
around
pain
or
happiness.
As
a
rule,
when
you
ask
a
friend
to
"have
something
with
you"
your
offer
is
supposed
to
bring
good
cheer.
You
surely
would
not
ask
a
friend
to
have
pain
with
you,
or
share
with
you
the
gall
of
bitter,
experiences
through
which
you
have
lived.
Therefore,
if
you
are
the
victim
of
self-pity
and
if
your
own
past
sufferings
discolor
your
every
pleasant
thought,
at
least
do
not
taint
the
minds
of
your
friends.
At
least
keep
your
direful
broodings
to
yourself
if
you
are
determined
to
retain
them.
It
is,
however,
far
wiser
and
manlier
to
avoid
such
thoughts,
in
which
case
your
memory
of
these
torturing
experiences
will
gradually
fade
away.
Live
in
the
future
and
forget
the
past.
The
man
or
woman
who
lives
in
the
future,
and
for
the
future,
will
invariably
be
optimistic
and
cheerful.
It
is
a
good
habit
to
cultivate.
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