Today’s Solutions: May 21, 2026

“Mind is the Master Power that molds and makes, and we are mind. And ever more we take the tool of thought, and shaping what we will, bring forth a thousand joys, or a thousand ills. We think in secret, and it comes to pass, environment, is but our looking glass.” — James Allen At some point we have all heard the adage “Thoughts are things,” which serves as the central tenet of such popular…

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