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LIFE SUPREME 29 on earth if one allows disappointments and grievences to rule one's emotions. One cannot escape them; but one can control them. . Blessings and opportunities abound in the life of everyone and if they are not apparent, they are there to be discovered. There is a short poem which goes:. If I sit down and start to count the worries I have got,. I'll never smile again because of ills I've such a lot;. But goodness me, I've blessings too-I count them by the score,. I have indeed no end of things to thank the good Lord for. . There is the incident of the man who complained he had no shoes until he met a man who had no feet; and of another man who fell from a ladder and broke his leg and said, 'I am thankful that it was not my neck. '. Gratitude is a companion of happiness. . As I said at the beginning, the purpose of this treatise has been to show how one can enjoy the fruits of paradise in this very life. . Nevertheless I have written sufficient, I hope, to wet the appetites of those who are anxious to experience the blessings of paradise in this world.