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You Are What You Think You Are! - part 1

After one of my lectures on this subject, a woman approached me with an accusation.

"Do you think I am poor because I want to be? Do you think I am unhappy because I want to be?" she demanded sternly.

Naturally no one wants to be poor or unhappy; but the fact still remains that we are what we think we are. It is so important that you fully comprehend the significance of this statement that an entire chapter will be devoted to it. If you think as you read, you'll see a different you when you look into your mirror.

"I'm not a bit musical," you'll hear from the one who has not taken up music.

"I'm not at all handy with tools," the man who has done noth­ing in the field of crafts will say.

"I'm not artistic"; "I'm not good at writing"; are statements often heard.

Then there are those who will attempt to describe their emo­tions: "I'm very easygoing," one will say, while another will declare: "No one can put anything over on me."

You are what you think you are! Our bodies do not reflect talent, or the lack of it.

If a man is not musical, it is not because there is some physical characteristic which makes him musical, or otherwise.

If one is awkward with tools, the body has nothing to do with it.

What we are is a reflection of the mental image we have been holding of ourselves.

Before any of you come forward with an exception, let me say that in talking about various talents and traits of character, I am referring to the normal individual. Naturally a one-legged man could not win a foot race, no matter what kind of mental pictures he might hold. A person with deformed hands could not excel as a pianist. A sightless person could not win fame as an artist.

Related terms include stuffing envelopes and idea to make money.