THE REAL YOU! - part 3

Articles In This Section:

· Getting Acquainted with the Real You - part 1

· Getting Acquainted with the Real You - part 2

· Getting Acquainted with the Real You - part 3

· ONE WORKS HARDER AT BEING A FAILURE THAN AT BEING A SUCCESS - part 1

· ONE WORKS HARDER AT BEING A FAILURE THAN AT BEING A SUCCESS - part 2

· ONE WORKS HARDER AT BEING A FAILURE THAN AT BEING A SUCCESS - part 3

· THE REAL YOU! - part 1

· THE REAL YOU! - part 2

· THE REAL YOU! - part 3

What happened? Must I really tell you? I'm sure you're ahead of me. You know that the man gained recognition by his company and was properly compensated for what he did. Now if you try to talk against "mind over matter" to this changed man, he will put up as strong an argument in favor of it as I could put in this book.

"When one is not up on a thing, he is often down on it," said a great philosopher, and how right he was.

"The Power of Positive Thinking" (borrowing the title of Norman Vincent Peale's great book) has been so well established that it cannot be denied by any thinking individual. It is no longer a theory but a fact. And, best of all, it is a fact very easy to prove.

There are still those who will take exception. They will proclaim: "I tried it and it doesn't work." In questioning these doubtful ones, you will invariably find that they did not try positive thinking at all. They merely wished for success and happiness, and then because they did not get their wish, they decided that mind has no influence over matter at all.

Permit me to bring this chapter to a close by making the surprising statement that every day everyone is making use of the principle of mind over matter, whether they are benefiting from it or not.

The one who keeps himself miserable through failure, poor health and gloom is definitely being influenced by mind over matter. He does not wish for these conditions, but he sees himself as having them; he believes he is doomed to possess them.

Now then, if this same person could visualize—just as strongly —Health, Wealth and Happiness, not wish for them but see himself possessing them, don't you agree with me that soon he would be blessed with Health, Wealth and Happiness?

Doesn't this chapter inspire you to look at life now with a sort of Alice-in-Wonderland delight? Isn't your vision beginning to pierce through the fog of uncertainty and doubt, and can't you get a glimpse of the new life that will be yours?