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way of high achievement, know that you can do it, no matter what your drawbacks or your age. I know a modiste who turns out the most exquisite creations in gowns and both hands are deformed so that she cannot wear a thimble, the first and second fingers on both hands having but one joint. Her deformity has lifted her from an ordinary seamstress to the plane of Art, where she works out beautiful designs which subordinates carry into execution.

I know also a woman who, at the age of fifty, began the study of painting and at the age of sixty became a very fine artist, so you see, obstacles such as deformity and age vanish before the determined effort to realize one's desires.

If your desire is to heal the sick, it shows that hidden within you is the power to do it. Open your mind to the Superconscious, letting the thought that is related to your desire flow into your mind, and you will develop the power to heal.

We are at all times open to the Superconscious, but we can increase our receptivity by desiring to be receptive. We can also exclude from our minds all that is extraneous or foreign to our purpose, as one would remove the weeds from a flower-bed.

The Healing Thought comes down from the Superconscious, hence the beautiful words of Carpenter: "Lo, the healing power descending from within, calming the enfevered brain and spreading peace among the grieving nerves."