The Game of Life and How to Win It

The Game of Life and How to Play It teaches the philosophies of its author, Florence Scovel Shinn. The book holds that ignorance of, or carelessness with the application of various 'Laws of Metaphysics' can bring about undesirable life events. ... the power of words— “ Jesus Christ taught that man's words played a leading part in the game of life. "By your words ye are justified and by your words ye are condemned." [Matthew 12:37] Many people have brought disaster into their lives through idle words. For example: A woman once asked me why her life was now one of poverty of limitation. Formerly she had a home, was surrounded by beautiful things and had often tired of the management of her home, and had said repeatedly, "I'm sick and tired of things - I wish I lived in a trunk," and she added: "Today I am living in that trunk." She had spoken herself into a trunk.