Vitality Supreme | Page 2

And consequently
success, with all its splendid rewards, comes to such a man in

abundance. Life to such a man should be resplendent with worthy
achievements.
No one belittles the importance of success. Everyone is guided to a
large extent by the desire to succeed. When a child toddles off to school
the training which he secures there is given for the single purpose of
bringing success, but this goal cannot possibly be reached without
throbbing vitality. In fact, you are not yourself in every sense unless
you possess vitality of this sort. The emotions and instincts that come
to one when thoroughly developed, with the vital forces surging within,
are decidedly different from those which influence one when lacking in
stamina. Many who have grown beyond adult age are still undeveloped,
so far as physical condition and vigor is concerned, and this lack of
physical development or vitality means immaturity-incompleteness. It
means that one is short on manhood or womanhood. This statement,
that one's personality, under such circumstances, is not completely
brought out, may seem strange to some; but careful reasoning will soon
verify its accuracy. Success of the right sort, therefore, depends first of
all upon intelligent efforts that are guided day after day, with a view,
first of all, of developing the physical organism to the highest possible
standard, and maintaining it there.
In other words, it is our first duty to be men, strong and splendid, or
women, healthy and perfect, if we are desirous of securing life's most
gratifying prizes. Many actually go through life only half alive. They
are, to a certain extent, doped by their physical deficiencies. They have
been handicapped by a lack of the energy that comes with physical
development. They need to be stirred by the regular use of the physical
powers of the body. When the body is complete in all of its various
parts it is truly a marvelous organism. Throbbing vitality stirs the
imagination, gives one courage and capacity, thrills one with the
possibilities of life, fires the ambitions. The efforts involved in one's
daily duties, be they ever so important, then become mere play. To
such a man inactivity is impossible. Every day must be filled with
active, interesting duties, and progress in such cases is inevitable. Such
a man grows, he improves, he ascends. He becomes a positive
dominating force in the world.

Can pulsating, vibrating, vitality of this kind be developed? Can one
who lacks enthusiasm and organic vigor obtain these valuable forces?
If you have failed up to the present to become a complete man, or a
splendid woman, can you achieve these extraordinary rewards in the
future? You can rest assured that if the necessary efforts are made a
revolution can be wrought in your physical and mental powers. You,
too, can feel these throbbing vital forces stirring your every nerve,
thrilling your very soul. Go to work, in an intelligent manner, realizing
that fundamentally the attainment of these great rewards comes from
the development of the highest degree of physical excellence. You must
have strength of body. You cannot have too much strength. The more
nearly you feel like a strong man the more you can achieve in the
desired direction. All successful men are, and have been, men of
tremendous energy. Their achievements have been simply the
expression of the vitality and nerve force which can no more be
repressed than the power of an engine when it has been once liberated.
Success is due to the dynamic quality of energy. It is true that physical
energy and bodily strength are not sufficient for success in all fields.
One must have aptitude for his chosen work. Your energy must be
directed in the proper channels, but without this energy and vitality you
can accomplish virtually nothing.
Take the one particular characteristic known as vivacity. How we envy
those who possess in abundance this great gift! No matter how irregular
one's features may be, even though they repel, if a smile shows vivacity
associated with a keen, intelligent personality, one cannot be otherwise
than attractive. John Bunny, with features rough, unchiseled, ugly,
almost uncouth, yet possessed a personality that spread its contagious
good humor to millions of people in all quarters of the world who
mourned his recent death as that of a personal acquaintance. On the
other hand, even though a man or woman possess regular features, the
lack of animated expression, of vivacity, causes the person to be
regarded as "cold" and "repellent." Speaking in the vernacular, it puts
you in the class of the "dead ones." One may say that magnetism and
all the desirable qualities that draw others to us are closely associated
with the supreme development of the forces of life. No vivacity, then
no personality.

The average individual