by Daniel G. O'Leary

Created on: September 02, 2010

What the mind can conceive and believe, the mind will achieve through the power of positive thinking, followed by positive action.

How to rise above circumstances that hold people back, by getting busy; by rolling up your sleeves, getting serious, evaluating where you are at and deciding where you want to be, then formulating a plan to get you there. Once a plan is decided upon, get busy, forge on with firmness and resolve to accomplish that which is desired. You are your own best friend, only you can marshal all the talent, all the strength, all the belief from within, focus it, harness it, and turn it loose.

What the mind can conceive and believe, the mind will achieve through the power of positive thinking, followed by positive action. Positive Mental Attitude (P.M.A.), belief in yourself and determination to not stop, to not quit, to not give up, to never surrender, to adapt if you must to continue to progress using every tool and every bit of knowledge possible to advance, to break through the barriers before you, advancing closer and closer to your goal.

Thomas Edison and his team of scientists, engineers, fellow inventors, made over 10,000 attempts to make the right light bulb that worked the way they wanted it to work. Thomas Edison's Positive Mental Attitude allowed him to see each failed attempt, as a step in the right direction for finding what would work. How? Because now they had one less possibility that they knew didn't work. So, he enthusiastically rallied his team to try again, and again, and again, until success was theirs (he would not accept defeat). See the light? I bet you do!

The power of positive thinking can elevate the handicapped well beyond their physical limitations and empower them to find "a way" to exceed that which the World accepts of them, but they do not! What the mind can conceive and believe, the mind will achieve through the power of positive thinking, followed by positive action. Although blind, Helen Keller, Ray Charles, and countless others have seen the light! Have you? I bet you do!

Alcoholics, drug addicts, people suffering from illness (even terminal), can and do often change their lives completely from one of sorrow and complete despair, to a life with meaning, with purpose, with achievement, success, and they shine their light for all to see! Do you see it? I bet you do!

What the mind can conceive and believe, the mind will achieve through the power of positive thinking, followed by positive action!

 Look within your mind, within your heart, find your purpose, feel the passion, feel the strength of that which is within you, believe it, grasp it! What your mind can conceive and believe, your mind will achieve through the power of positive thinking, followed by your positive action!

How to rise above circumstances that hold people back; take the first step, believe in yourself, then keep on going, and don't stop! Do you see the light? I know you do!  I believe in you! Go for it!

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