AUTHOR: Monica Lee TITLE: The Golden Thread DATE: 5:06 PM ----- BODY:

I came across an excerpt today from the book Don't Worry, Make Money not really a title I would read but when my husband reads a book it tends to be read aloud to me simultaneously. The chapter was titled "Create From the Inside Out" and it zeroed in on something that spoke to me. It was dealing with seeing yourself successful in your mind first , choosing your thoughts of success and abundance -you know the routine we've heard all in one form or another at some point..."The formula is quite simple: Success originates in the mind and translates into the material world." "The one thing we DO have control over is our own thoughts." The author said he has met many successful people in all different arenas yet they all had one thing in common: The golden thread of consistency is that each of them sees him or herself as successful. Do I see myself as successful? Ouch! What was the one thing I believed about myself beyond a shadow of a doubt? I'm creative. Give me a meal to cook, a house to decorate, an event to promote-even a lunch to pack and I will take it, add my spin and it will be just a little different than you'd expect. I honestly have come to believe that my creativity touches every area of my life. BUT and here's the kicker, do I believe that I am a successful person-someone who can harness this spirit and be wealthy? I know the lingo-what does success mean to me....I am happy, actually quite joyful...But I think it is time that I saw myself a financially successful. Yes. You read it right, plain ole riches-money-cash, a living and a good living. Forgive me for being so poorly mannered talking about wealth but it is something, I need to quit stalling on. James Allen reminds us in As A Man Thinketh (and I am quoting the book instead of being terribly well read) "A particular train of thought persisted in, be it good or bad, cannot fail to produce its results on the character and circumstances. A man (woman) cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his (her) circumstances". So today- I am making a decision to persist in a particular train of thought- I am successful... I should probably call a therapist now to deal with all my issues about wealth and success but for now I think I will just persist.

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