Mental Exercises vs. Physical Exercises - part 3

Articles In This Section:

· Mental Exercises vs. Physical Exercises - part 1

· Mental Exercises vs. Physical Exercises - part 2

· Mental Exercises vs. Physical Exercises - part 3

· MENTAL EXERCISES

· USE YOUR CREATIVE MIND TO STIMULATE YOUR MIND

· DEVELOP THE POWERS OF CONCENTRATION

· CREATE IMAGINARY OBJECTIVES - part 1

· CREATE IMAGINARY OBJECTIVES - part 2

There was an interesting case of a man who appeared to be alcoholic. He would abstain from liquor for a few days, then would go on a "bender."

"Let the old lady yell—I don't care," he was heard to say as he staggered home.

This man's wife turned out to be a chronic nagger. Everything he did was wrong and everything he didn't do he should have done.

The "alcoholic" and his wife were divorced, and in time he met and fell in love with another girl. Instead of nagging, she tried to understand him and helped him to find happiness. His drinking ceased.

Had this man possessed mental self-mastery, he probably could have assisted his first wife in acquiring loftier interests than fault-finding.

It may be well to say at this point that much domestic bickering is caused by mental boredom.

A couple on the verge of separation was given a self-improvement book. It proved of so much interest to both husband and wife that they not only read it, but searched the bookstores for other good books in the same category. After their minds were guided into constructive channels their quarreling stopped. Today they appear and act as newlyweds.