116. WATCHMAN

June 30, 2026

From The Secret Door to Success by Florence Scovel Shinn:

We must all have a watchman at the gate of our thoughts. The Watchman at the Gate is the superconscious mind.

We have the power to choose our thoughts.

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But a single sheep-dog can control the frightened sheep and guide them into the sheep pen.

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We can learn to control our thoughts in the same way, by gentle determination, not force.

We take an affirmation and repeat it continually, while our thoughts are on the rampage.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

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But then the good witch shows them that their wishes are already granted.

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Be undisturbed by a situation, and it will fall away of its own weight.

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