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The Game of Life and How to Play It

by Florence Scovel Shinn · 1978

With her classic book, THE GAME OF LIFE AND HOW TO PLAY IT, Florence Scovel Shinn established herself as one of the most down-to-earth, practical, and helpful prosperity writers of her era. With a timeless message and the… more

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You can control any situation if you first control yourself.
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Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game.
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Man must prepare for the thing he has asked for, when there isn't the slightest sign of it in sight.
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Man can only receive what he sees himself receiving.
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The subconscious mind has no sense of humor and people often joke themselves into unhappy experiences.
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The robbers of time are the past and the future. Man should bless the past, and forget it, if it keeps him in bondage, and bless the future, knowing it has in store for him endless joys, but live fully in the now.
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There is an old saying that man only dares use his words for three purposes, to "heal, bless or prosper." What man says of others will be said of him, and what he wishes for another, he is wishing for himself.
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Bills should be paid cheerfully, all money should be sent forth fearlessly and with a blessing.
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Make an affirmation immediately upon waking. For example: "Thy will be done this day! Today is a day of completion, I give thanks for this perfect day, miracle shall follow miracle and wonders shall never cease." Make this a habit, and one will see wonders and miracles come into his life.
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Ask, and it shall be given you, seek, and ye shall find, knock, and it shall be opened unto you. (Mat. 7:7).
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Infinite Spirit open the way for great abundance for — —. She is an irresistible magnet for all that belongs to her by divine right.
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I cast this burden of resentment on the Christ within, and I go free, to be loving, harmonious and happy.
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What man condemns in others, he attracts to himself.
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fear must be erased from the consciousness.
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A keen observer of life once said, "no man can fail, if some one person sees him successful." Such is the power of the vision, and many a great man owed his success to a wife, or sister, or a friend who "believed in him" and held without wavering to the perfect pattern!
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Whatever man feels deeply or images clearly, is impressed upon the subconscious mind, and carried out in minutest detail.
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I told her God was her supply, and that there is a supply for every demand.
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So we see, to play successfully the game of life, we must train the imaging faculty.
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Wisdom's ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace.
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Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap." This means that whatever man sends out in word or deed, will return to him; what he gives, he will receive.
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The horse-shoe or rabbit's foot contains no power, but man's spoken word and belief that it will bring good luck creates expectancy in the subconscious mind, and attracts a "lucky situation.
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Intuition means, intuition, or to be taught from within. It is man's unerring guide,
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The superconscious mind is the God Mind within each man, and is the realm of perfect ideas.
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The student continued, “How long must one remain in the dark” and I replied, “Until one can see in the dark,” and “Casting the burden enables one to see in the dark.
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Agree with thine adversary quickly." This means, agree that the adverse situation is good, be undisturbed by it, and it falls away of its own weight. "None of these things move me," is a wonderful affirmation. The inharmonious situation comes from some inharmony within man himself. When there is, in him, no emotional response to an inharmonious situation, it fades away forever, from his pathway. So we see man's work is ever with himself. People have said to me, "Give treatments to change my husband, or my brother." I reply, "No, I will give treatments to change you; when you change, your husband and your brother will change.
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All things whatsoever ye ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive." "You must act as if you had already received.
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There is a place that you are to fill and no one else can fill, something you are to do, which no one else can do." There
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Before ye call I shall answer." This means that "every good and perfect gift" is already man's awaiting his recognition.
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With her classic book, THE GAME OF LIFE AND HOW TO PLAY IT, Florence Scovel Shinn established herself as one of the most down-to-earth, practical, and helpful prosperity writers of her era. With a timeless message and the ability to explain success principles and how they work in an entertaining style, her writings are still considered the leaders in prosperity literature today.

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First published
1978
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4.09 (19k ratings)

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