But, in physical “cures,” we often have to distinguish carefully between the temporary effects and the ultimate effects. Too often there is recommended some way which produces almost immediate exhilaration--or at least freedom from the sensation of worry or depression--by driving toxins etc., which had been in the blood and had thus tended towards depression, etc., not out of the body altogether, but only out of the blood and into the tissues, where, as Mr. Collings has been able to prove, they remain stored,[F] to work mischief in the body and blood and mind in the future. The passing sensations of ease, if not of positive satisfaction, may be brought by such means as a cup of tea or coffee, some aspirin, a smoke, a cold bath, and so on. But this is not an avenue to Happiness. It is, rather, a patch that crosses the avenue to Happiness at one point, and then leaves it again. We Want the Habit of Happiness What we want is not the flash of Happiness at heavy expense of future Well-Being and Happiness, but the habit of Happiness. We want to keep happy. We want to sacrifice, if need be, the immediate present for the lasting future. As the author of “The Way of the Servant” says: “_I do ask Renunciation of My children--Renunciation of the less._” It is not every avenue to Happiness that is unpleasant at the start. But it is quite likely that certain treatments--especially abstinence from or moderation in various stimulants and narcotics--may be, for a time, far from producing any Happiness. When You are Happy, be Really Happy It is well known (see “Alison’s History of Europe”) that those who have lived for many years in hot climates are so saturated with warmth that they keep warm for some time after they have come into a cooler climate like ours. Somewhat similarly, whenever we _are_ happy, if we let our whole self--every cell and atom within our body from tip to toe--become saturated with Happiness whenever we feel happy, we should be able to carry on the habit when the conditions seem less satisfactory; we should still feel the glow. But we simply _must_ be and feel happy “with all our mind and with all our soul and with all our strength,” at the happy times. Without feverish excitement, we should thrill throughout with Happiness, and be happy “all over,” as someone was said to smile all over! It is a good phrase. For why not let all the cells and fibres enjoy themselves with us? Why keep the Happiness--as if we were autocratic and despotic Monarchs, instead of Representatives of a Democratic Community--to ourselves? Why not let the cells all “rejoice with us that rejoice”? They will repay us a hundredfold in times of trouble and trial. They will then thrust back Happiness to us, as the roots of a plant thrust up stems and leaves and flowers in return for the warmth and light and air and moisture and chemicals that they have absorbed.