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At breakfast in a hotel dining-room, a man sounded off about a sleepless night. He had tossed and turned and was about as dog-tired as when he went to bed. "Reckon I‘d better quit watching the news before retiring," he noted. "I went to bed last night and got an ear full of disquiet." A different man sounded off, "I had a great night. Naturally, I utilized my go-to-sleep plan, which never goes wrong."
I nudged him for his plan, which he explicated as follows: ?When I was a child, my father, a farmer, had the habit of assembling the family in the front room at bedtime and he read to us out of the Word. After prayers, I'd go up to my room and rest like a top. But once I left home I broke loose from the Scripture reading and prayer habit. For a long time practically the sole time I ever prayed was when I got into a jam. But a few months ago my wife and I, having hard issues, decided we'd attempt it again. We observed it a helpful exercise, so now nightly before retiring her and I together read the Scripture and pray. I don‘t understand what there is about it, but I've been slumbering better and matters have improved. As a matter of fact, even out of town, as I am now, I still read and pray. Last night I read out loud. He addressed the other man and said, "I didn‘t go to sleep with an ear full of disquiet. I went to bed with a mind full of serenity."
Well, there are 2 deep phrases for you—"an ear full of disquiet" and "a mind full of serenity." Which do you pick?
The core of the mystery lies in a shift of mental attitude. One must learn to live on another thought foundation, and even though view change calls for effort, it's much simpler than to go on living as you are. The life of stress is hard. The life of inner serenity, living harmonious and without tension is the simplest type of existence. The primary fight then in gaining mental serenity is the effort of revamping your thoughts to the unstrained attitude of acceptance of the Supreme Being's gift of peace.
It has been said." Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.‘ To be happier and healthier they require a renewing of mind, that is, an alteration in thoughts. Once you 'take' this prescription, you actually accomplish a mind full of peace. That helps to bring about health and wellbeing.