"At breakfast in a hotel dining room, one man complained of a sleepless night. He was about as exhausted as when he retired for the night. "Guess I'd better stop listening to the news before going to bed," he observed. "I turned in last night and got an ear full of trouble."
Another man spoke up, "I had a grand night. I used a go-to-sleep plan that never fails to work." I prodded him for his plan, which he explained as follows; "When I was a boy, my father, a farmer, had the habit of gathering the family in the parlor at bedtime and he read to us out of the Bible. After prayers I would to up to my room and sleep like a top. But when I left home I got away from the Bible reading and prayer habit."
"For years practically the only time I ever prayed was when I got into a jam. But some months ago my wife and I, having difficult problems, decided we would try it again. We found it a helpful practice, so now every night before going to bed she and I together read the Bible and pray. I don't know what there is about it, but I have been sleeping better and things have improved. In fact, even on the road, as I am now, I still read the Bible and pray. Last night I read Psalm 23 out loud."
He turned to the other man and said, "I didn't go to bed with an ear full of trouble. I went to sleep with a mind full of peace."
Well, there are two cryptic phrase for you…….
"an ear full of trouble" and "a mind full of peace."
Which do you choose?
This is an excerpt from "The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
