Believing
in Oneself
“The
greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future
by merely changing his attitude.” Oprah Winfrey
Back
in 1956, a guy named Earl Nightingale, wrote a spoken-word record,
the first of its kind, called “The Strangest Secret,” in which he
elaborated this theory—that you can change your life simply
changing the way you think. We aren't who we are, he said, because of
the family we grew up in, or the circumstances of our childhood, or
the limits of our looks and intelligence. We are who we are because
that's how we think of ourselves day after day, year after year. Some
of us believe we were meant to soar, and some of us think there is no
way we can rise above our current station. Change the way you think,
and your life will reflect it.
My
assumption is that thinking of ourselves differently is only the
beginning of change. Real transformation requires real work. Often we
can change the circumstances of our outer life, but the change
doesn't penetrate within. When we find ourselves in situations that
trigger the memory of being that awkward kid, or that impoverished
person, we revert to the familiar feeling of inadequacy. It takes
time and practice. It takes opportunities to spread our wings and
prove to ourselves that we were meant to fly.
Determination
is the critical factor. If I have confidence in myself, and I don't
give up, there is every probability that I will succeed. The same is
true for you. Don't look back. Look within and find that possibility
right where it lives.
In
the Spirit,
Jane
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