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What You Think About, You Bring About
In the book, The Power of Positive Thinking, by Norman Vincent Peale, we learn that the power of our thoughts can shape our world and impact our future. It was originally published in 1952 but is just as true and applicable today as it was then, if not more so. It was one of the early books written on the power of our thoughts and how we can choose to have a better life, by believing that we can. Have you ever known someone who has a “sky is falling” mentality, and oddly enough, their sky usually is falling? They believe that nothing will work out for them, and it rarely does. Or perhaps you know someone who believes that they can achieve anything, and they often do! There’s a lot of recent scientific evidence that proves that we really can improve our lives by changing our thoughts. Quantum physics is the result of our curiosity about the universe, our thoughts, and our desire to understand how it works on a scientific level. What quantum physics is uncovering is that one’s perceptions and beliefs about reality actually alter reality to fit that perspective. This is huge!
For example, scientists have performed experiments attempting to discover whether the basic building blocks of our universe are either particles or waves. They argued and argued as each scientist obtained different results whenever the experiment was performed, and eventually they took a step back and began experimenting in a new way. They discovered that the fundamental building blocks became waves or particles depending on the expectations of the scientist doing the experimenting. If the scientist expected them to be particles, that’s what they appeared as; if the scientist expected them to be waves, that’s how they appeared. Wow!
Something to Think About
People continue to believe that their reality is the way it is because of something beyond their control when, in fact, their reality is the way it is because of the specific way they expect it to be. Kind of funny huh? This explains why the most successful individuals place so much importance on their minds. They realize that they create their own reality by their beliefs and so they throw their full efforts into cultivating a mindset that inevitably leads them to the phenomenal success they enjoy. While the average person forever blames people and circumstances for their failures, the successful individual always looks within for the source of both achievement and failure. I have but one question for you: If your success in life is almost entirely a result of how you use your mind, how much time are you devoting to developing it? Answer: Probably not enough.
Weekly Activity:
This week, spend time each day developing your mind and changing your thoughts.
Words of Wisdom
If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right. - Henry Ford
Change your thoughts and you change your world. - Norman Vincent Peale
The day is what you make it! So why not make it a great one? - Steve Schulte
Being miserable is a habit; being happy is a habit, and the choice is yours. - Tom Hopkins
You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations. - Zig Ziglar
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