create a vacuum which discouragement is all too ready
to fill.
There was a man who sat around doing nothing
except worrying about his problems. The more he worried
about them, the more discouraged he became, until finally
he decided to commit suicide.
He didn't want his family and friends to know
that he was a quitter and had "chickened out" on the
problems of life, so he decided he would cause a natural
heart attack by running around the block until he dropped
dead.
So he started running ... and he ran... and
ran. The longer he ran, the more tired he got. In fact,
he became so completely exhausted that he couldn't feel
anything but sheer exhaustion. All he could think about
was going to bed-which he did. He spent twelve hours
in dreamless, perfectly relaxed sleep. And he awoke re-
freshed, feeling great, rarin' to take on any problem which
dared challenge himl
But suppose you're ill. You hurt here and you
hurt there, or you have this symptom or that. You really do.
There's nothing imaginary about it. Even if your doctor
can't find any physical cause. That simply means your
illness is psychosomatic (mentally-emotionally caused, in-
stead of physical). More than 50% of all ailments are.
Some doctors say 90%. Anyway, you are just as ill from
psychosomatic causes-only the treatment is different.
Your doctor can cure you, except in the few cases which
need a specialist. Usually you can cure yourself. With your
doctor's permission, of course, TRY HARD WORK I