Chapter 52The Ostrich Target
It has been said that an ostrich which sticks
its head in the sand, makes an irresistible target for a
paddle.
And so people who, ostrich-like, bend over to
hide their heads in the sands of unreality, make irresistible
targets for the paddle of Fate.
Which brings up the highly controversial sub-
ject of the positive affirmation which tries to hide like an
pstrich from the reality of evil.
One cannot think of the generalized positive
affirmation without thinking of the psychologist-psychia-
trist Emile Coue and his famous affirmation, "Every day
in every way I'm getting better and better:' I can re-
member when a lot of people used to laugh at that. Well,
they can stop laughing.
Emile Coue cured a lot of people by having
them repeat that simple affirmation over and over again,
in every spare minute, day after day. That was all-repeat