Middle Tennessee hypnotist, philosopher and motivator M.C. Radford encourages everyone to think positively and live life with a healthy, optimistic attitude. Here, he shares more points from his book Higher Thoughts for Everyday Living, suggesting that readers meditate on one each day—and be amazed at the positive changes that may transpire in their lives.

1 Never forget: when you are free of fear, you are free to live.

2 There is only one way to get rid of a problem and that is to solve it.

3 Your inner mind holds the answer to your every problem—it is the source of all inspiration and all creative energy.

4 Thoughts are creative energy and will automatically draw all like thoughts into your mind which will cause your intense desire to become your new reality.

5 Your thoughts have made you what you are. And they can make you what you wish to become.

6 Your future is in your mind now, based upon your habitual thinking and beliefs.

7 You don’t have to watch what you say—you must watch what you think.

8 A dog with fleas is more tranquil than a man without fleas because the man has something to occupy his mind.

9 Do you suffer from terminal seriousness? Do you walk around like you have been weaned on a pickle?

10 We should live our life in such a way that will make other people want what we have.

11 In the visible or physical world, you must see it in order to believe it. In the invisible or spirit world, you must believe it in order to see it or have it.

12 Remember: a bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses. And when you do a good deed for another, you always retain a carbon copy for yourself.

13 You must learn to relax and then you will be able to concentrate better. As you learn to concentrate better, you absorb and utilize information better which helps you to be more effective in all areas of your life.

14 If you think you can’t, then you never will. If you think you don’t have what it takes, then you have lost the battle before you have begun. If you think nothing good can come to you, then nothing good ever will.

15 You can’t keep thinking defeat and expect to be successful. You can’t keep thinking about sickness and expect to be healed.

16 Competition casts all humanity into the same mold. Creativity makes each person an individual counterpart of God.

17 A problem is the difference between what we have and what we want.

18 Money spent improving yourself will always find its way back into your pocket with interest.

19 Your present thinking gives me a map of your future: You are where you are because of what you think you are.

20 Every thought we hold of lack, limitation, and despair restricts the body, interrupts the free flow of blood, constricts your muscles, heart, kidneys, etc., and can even cause growths to appear.

21 Everyone wants to feel important. Everyone is hungry for recognition. Make someone feel important and they will become your ally.

22 Ask yourself: what kind of city, state, country or world would it be if everyone in it were just like me? What kind of family would my family be if everyone in it were just like me?

23 An ounce of ink can color a gallon of water. A negative thought can color your whole day.

24 Don’t tell people your problems because 80 percent could care less and the other 20 percent are glad you have them.

25 I know that sickness follows a belief. I know that good health follows a belief. I believe in good health. As I believe in good health, a chemical change takes place in my body and I am well.

26 Your imagination can become weak with lack of use just as your legs would become weak if you stopped using them.

27 What you continue to think, you create. So never waste your time thinking about things you don’t want. Never waste your time thinking about a problem. Always spend your time thinking of the way you want things to be. Never waste your time feeling guilty. Always picture in your mind ways of being better.

28 We see nothing as it is in reality because our eyes are geared to see according to our beliefs.

29 When we are cut with harsh words and do not resent, we are on our way to higher ground.

30 When you share with others a part of what you have, that which remains multiplies and grows.

31 You will find that when you are good to others, you are best to yourself.