WHAT you think has a lot to do, not only with the way you feel, but with the forces that determine the path you walk on and the legacy you forge for the world. If you see yourself as an imbecile, you definitely will feel like and act like an imbecile. Our thought patterns affect us in a thousand ways and in ways we are hardly aware of.

It isn’t uncommon to hear people admonish others with phrases such as: “Be positive!” or “Be positive!”, or “You can do better,” and the like. And yes, we can think positive, we can be positive and we can always do better than what we actually do. Sad thing is that few people make the effort to rise above mediocrity. And when they do, we call them genius. By nature, the human being is tragic. By nature, the human being is short-lived. And any little adversity may threaten his existence to its very core. He is always torn between two conflicting desires, the desire to rise above himself and rule over mediocrity or the feeling of utter helplessness and a victim; he is torn between his personal dreams and the conventions of society; he vacillates between the desire to please those around him and his personal call to transcend life and give it meaning. In the swing between these conflicting worlds, he is called to re-define himself and write his name on the face of the earth.

There is a call in every man or woman, a call to a greatness that lifts us from the mire of all that could be degrading and painful in both the flesh and the spirit. There is a spark that can grow bigger and bigger until it becomes a beacon, a mighty flame to light the distant horizons of life. No life is bereft of this spark. The sad thing is that few people discover this spark in them and make the bold efforts to nurture and fan it with twigs. We easily fall with discouraging thoughts that flow from our weak nature of humans.

Vincent Norman Pearl coined a phrase that had always accompanied me, all along, especially in challenging moments: “Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid.” There is a mysterious power in boldness. Boldness is about being positive, it is about looking at the dry leaves before you and seeing a green pasture ahead, it is believing in the forces of nature that conspire to make everything work in the pattern of your dreams. It is the only thing left to us when all has been robbed from our palms, the conviction that we are made for a higher truth than the world can reveal and stronger love than it can give. People with this frame of mind rise above every ailing thought to become, not only heroes, but inspiration for others. In positive thought lies the secret of transformation, of self-actualization and growth. The moment you start feeling that you are nothing is the same moment that anything, even the imaginary, wears you down and rules over you.

Do not be afraid to believe in your greatness. Do not fear to behold it in the stark darkness of desecrated loyalties. With all your might attract every positive sensitive to dwell in the darkness where fear holds sways and walks your dreams with indifference. Brush away from your mind every shred of despair, fight against everything that stands between you and your dreams. When this battle will be over, you shall have become a bright that links two worlds for others: their helpless longings and their long lost dreams. That is what inspiration is all about.