Summary: Listen to episode 21 of the Inspirational Living podcast: How to Sleep Better, Peacefully & Fast. Edited and Adapted from the book <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9825824-the-victorious-attitude" title="Orison Swett Marden">The Victorious Attitude</a> by Orison Swett Marden.<br> <br><br><strong>Self-Help Podcast Excerpt</strong><em>: We never awake the same exact being as when we went to sleep. We are either better or worse. We changed while we slept. While our senses were wrapped in slumber, the subjective mind was busily at work. It was either building up or tearing down. If we go to bed holding a grudge against a neighbor, with a resolve to "get back" at somebody who has hurt us; if we have hatred or jealousy in our heart; if we are envious of another's success, and if we go to sleep nursing these feelings, we awake in a depressed, exhausted state, feeling bitter, pessimistic, irritable, and unhappy. <br> <br><br>The destructive spirit was at work all night, running amuck among the delicate brain and nerve cells, furiously tearing down what beneficent Nature had taken such pains to upbuild. But, when we take pleasant, kindly, loving thoughts to bed with us, we awake refreshed, in a happy, contented frame of mind. Our sleepless faculties spent the hours in upbuilding, performing friendly functions for us during the night.Few people ever think of preparing the mind for sleep, yet it is even more necessary than it is to prepare the body. <br> <br><br>Most of us take great pains to put the latter in order; we undress, maybe take a warm bath, perhaps massage the face with lotion; we make sure that our bedroom is properly heated or cooled, and that our bed is clean and comfortable, but to the matter of preparing our minds, we don’t give it a thought.<br> <br><br></em>----------------<br> <br><br>Visit today's sponsor Ettitude (makers of fine organic bedding and accessories) at the following link: <a href="https://www.ettitude.com.au/inspiration" title="Ettitude Bedding">Inspirational Sleep</a>.
