HOW FAMOUS SPEAKERS PREPARED THEIR ADDRESSES

                                                        FAMOUS SPEAKERS

           "LUCK IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PREPARATION MEETS

             OPPORTUNITY"

   

      I WAS PRESENT ONCE AT A LUNCHEON OF A ROTARY CLUB WHEN THE PRINCIPLE SPEAKER WAS A PROMINENT GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. THE HIGH POSITION THAT HE PROMINENT GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. THE HIGH POSITION THAT HE OCCUPIED GAVE HIM PRESTIGE, AND WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD WITH PLEASURE TO HEARING HIM. HE HAD PROMISED TO TELL US ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES OF HIS OWN DEPARTMENT, AND IT WAS ONE IN WHICH ALMOST EVERY BUSINESSMAM WAS INTERESED.

      HE KNEW HIS SUNJECT THROUGHLY, KNEW FAR MORE ABOUT IT THAN HE COULD POSSIBLY USE, BUT HE HAD NOT PLANNED HIS SPEECH. HE HAD NOT SELECTED HIS MATERIAL. HE HAD NOT ARRANGED IT IN ORDERLY FASHION. NEVERTHELESS, WITH A COURAGE BORN OF ENEXPERIENCE, HE PLUNGED HEEDLESSLY, BLINDLY, INTO HIS SPEECH. HE DID NOT KNOW WHERE HE WAS GOING, BUT HE WAS ON HIS WAY.

      HE HAD BEEN TRYING TO TALK IMPROMPTU, BUT IN DESPERATION NOW, HE DREW A BUNDLE OF NOTES OUT OF HIS POCKET, CONFESSING THAT HIS SECRETARY HAD COMPLILED THEM FOR HIM-AND NO ONE QUESTIONED THE VARACITY OF HIS ASSERTION. THE NOTES THEMSELVES EVIDENTLY HAD NO MORE ORDER THAN A VAN FULL OF SCRAP IRON. HE FUMBLED THROUGH THEM NERVOUSLY, GLANCING FROM ONE PAGE TO ANOTHER, TRYING TO ORIENT HIMSELF, TRYING TO FIND A WAY OUT OF THE WILDERNESS, AND HE ATTEMPTED TO TALK AS HE DID SO. IT WAS IMPOSIIBLE. HE APOLOGIZED AND, CALLING FOR WATER, TOOK A DRINK WITH A TREMBLING HAND, UTTERED A FEW MORE SCATTERING SENTENCES, REPEATED HIMSELF, DUG INTO HIS NOTES AGAIN.... 

            MINUTE BY MINUTE HE GREW MORE HELPLESS, MORE LOST, MORE BEWWILDERED, MORE EMBARRASSED. NERVOUS PERSPIRATION STOOD OUT ON HIS FORHEAD, AND HIS HANDKERCHIEF SHOOK AS HE WIPED IT AWAY. WE IN THE AUDIENCE SAT WATCHING THE FIASCO, OUR SYMPATHIES STIRRED, OUR FEELINGS HARROWED. WE SUFFERED POSITIVE AND VICARIOUS EMBARRAMENT. BUT WITH MORE DOGGEDNESS THAN DISCRETION, THE SPEAKER CONTINUED, FLOUNDERING, STUDYING HIS NOTES, APOLOGIZING AND DRINKING. EVERYONE EXPECT HIM FELT THAT THE SPECTACLE WAS RAPIDLY APPROACHING TOTAL DISASTER, AND IT WAS A RELIEF TO US ALL WHEN HE SAT DOWN AND CEASED HIS DEATH STRUGGLES. IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE AUDIENCES I HAVE EVER BEEN IN, AND HE WAS THE MOST ASHAMED AND HUMILIATED SPEAKER I HAVE EVER SEEN. HE HAD MADE HIS TALK AS ROUSSEAU SAID A LOVE LETTER SHOULD BE WRITTEN: HE HAD BEGUN WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT HE WAS GOING TO SAY, AND HE HAD FINISHED WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT HE HAD UTTERED.

      THE MORAL OF THE TALE IS JUST THIS:" WHEN  A MAN'S KNOWLEDGE IS NOT IN ORDER", SAID HERBERT SPENCER, "THE MORE OF IT HE HAS, THE GREATER WILL BE HIS CONFUSION OF THOUGHT".

HOW TO PREPARE YOUR TALK

                                                      STAGE SPEECH

WHAT TOPICS OUGHTYOU TO SPEAK ON DURING THE SESSIONS OF THIS COURSE?

     ANYTHING THAT INTERESTS YOU. IF POSSIBLE, CHOOSE YOUR OWN TOPICS; YOU WILL BE MORE FORTUNATE STILL IF YOUR TOPIC CHOOSE YOU. HOWEVER, YOU WILL OFTEN HAVE TOPICS SUGGESTED FOR YOU BY YOUR INSTRUCTOR.

      DON'T MAKE THE ALMOST UNIVERSAL MISTAKE TO TRYING TO COVER TOO MUCH GROUND IN A BRIEF TALK. JUST TAKE ONE OR TWO ANGLES OF A SUBJECT AND ATTEMPT TO COVER THEM ADEQUATELY. YOU WILL BE FORTUNATE IF YOU CAN DO THAT IN THE SHORT SPEECHES THAT ARE NECCESITATED BY THE TIME SCHEDULE OF THIS COURSE.

       DETERMINE YOUR SUBJECT A WEEK IN ADVANCE SO THAT YOU WILL HAVE TIME TO THINK IT OVER IN ODD MOMENTS. THINK IT OVER FOR SEVEN DAYS; DREAM OVER IT FOR SEVEN NIGHTS. THINK OF IT THE LAST THIN WHEN YOU RETIRE. THINK OF IT THE NEXT MORNING WHILE YOU ARE SHAVING, WHILE YOU ARE BATHING, WHILE YOU ARE RIDING DOWNTOWN, WHILE YOU ARE WAITING FOR LIFTS, OR LUNCH, FOR APPOINTMENT. DISCUSS IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS. MAKE IT A TIPIC OF CONVERSATION.

       ASK YOURSELF ALL POSSIBLE QUESTIONS CONCERNING IT. IF FOR EXAMPLE, YOU ARE TO SPEAK ON DIVORCE, ASK YOURSELF WHAT CAUSES DIVORCE, WHAT ARE THE EFFORTS ECONOMICALLY, SOCIALLY. HOW CAN THE EVIL BE REMEDIED? SHOULD DIVORCE BE MADE IMPOSSIBLE? MORE DIFFICULT?EASIER?

       IF YOU STAND UP AND THINK CLEARLY AND KEEP GOING FOR TWO OR THREE MINUTES, THAT IS ALL THAT WILL BE EXPECTED OF YOU DURING YOUR FIRST FEW TALKS. A TOPIC, SUCH AS WHY YOU ENROLLED FOR THIS COURSE, IS VERY EASY; THAT IS OBVIOUS. IF YOU WILL SPEND A LITTLE TIME SELECTING AND ARRANGING YOUR MATERIAL ON THAT TOPIC,YOU WILL BE ALMOST SURE TO REMEMBER IT, FOR YOU WILL BE SPEAKING OR YOUR OWN OBSERVATIONS, YOUR OWN DESIRES, YOUR OWN EXPERIENCES.

         ABOUT ALL ELSE, DON'T MAKE YOUR TALK AN ABSTRACT PREACHMENT. THAT WILL BORE US. MAKE YOUR TALK A REGULAR LAYER CAKE OF ILLUSTRATION AND GENERAL STATEMENTS. THINK OF CONCRETE CASES YOU HAVE OBSERVED, AND OF THE FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS WHICH YOU BELIEVE THOSE SPECIFIC INSTANCES ILLUSTRATE. YOU WILL ALSO DISCOVER THAT THESE CONCRETE CASES ARE FAR EASIER TO REMEMBER THAN ABSTRACTIONS; THEY ARE FAR EASIER TO TALK ABOUT. THEY WILL ALSO AID AND BRIGHTEN YOUR DELIVERY.

         SOME MEN,IN SPEAKING OF THEIR BUSINESS, COMMIT THE UNFORGIVABLE ERROR OF TALKING ONLY OF THE FEATURES THAT INTEREST THEM. SHOULD'T THE SPEAKER TRY TO ACCERTAIN WHAT WILL ENTERTAIN NOT HIMSELF BUT HIS HEARNERS? SHOULDN'T HE TRY TO APPEAL TO THEIR SELFISH INTERESTS? IF FOR EXAMPLE, HE SELLS FIRE INSURANCE, SHOULDN'T HE TELL THEM HOW TO PREVENT FIRES ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY? IF HE IS A BANKER, SHOULDN'T HE GIVE THEM ADVICE ON FINANCE OR INVESTMENTS?

       WHILE PREPARING, STUDY YOUR AUDIENCE. THINK OF THEIR WANTS, THEIR WISHES. THAT IS SOMETIMES HALF THE BATTLE.

        IN PREPARING SOME TOPICS, IT IS VERY ADVISIBLE-IF TIME PREMETS-TO DO SOME READING, TO DISCOVER WHAT OTHERS HAVE THOUGHT, WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ON THE SAME SUBJECT. BUT DON'T READ UNTIL YOU HAVE FIRST THOUGHT YOURSELF DRY. THAT IS IMPORTANT-VERY. THEN GO TO THE PUBLIC LIBERARY AND LAY YOUR NEEDS BEFORE THE LIBERARIAN. TELL HER YOU ARE PREPARING A SPEECH ON SUCH AND SUCH A TOPIC. ASK HER FRANKLY FOR HELP. IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE HABIT OF DOING RESEARCH WORK, YOU WILL PROBABLY BE SURPRISED AT THE AIDS SHE CAN PUT AT YOUR DISPOSAL; PERHAPS A SPECIAL VOLUME ON YOUR VERY TOPIC, OUTLINES AND BRIEFS FOR DEBATE, GIVING THE PRINCIPLE ARGUMENTS ON BOTHS SIDES OF THE PUBLIC QUESTIONS OF THE DAY, THE READER'S GUIDE TO PERIODICAL LITERATURE LISTING THE MAGAZINE ARTICLES THAT HAVE APPEARED ON VARIOUS TOPICS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY, THE DAILY MAIL ALMANAC, THE ENCYCLOPAEDIAS, AND DOZENS OF REFERENCE BOOKS. THEY ARE TOOLS IN YOUR WORKSHOP. USE THEM. 

 

STAY PATIENCE

                                      PLAY PATIENCE WITH YOUR NOTES

       MAKE NOTES. HAVING GOT YOUR VARIOUS IDEAS AND ILLUSTRATIONS DOWN ON SCRABS OF PAPER, PLAY PATIENCE WITH THEM- TOSS THEM INTO SERIES OF RELATED PILES. THESE MAIN PILES TO REPRESENT, APPROXIMATELY, THE MAIN POINTS OF YOUR TALK. SUBDIVIDE THEM INTO SMALLER LOTS. THROW OUT THE CHAFF INTIL THERE IS NOTHING BUT NUMBER ONE WHEAT LEFT-AND EVEN SOME OF THE WHEAT WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO BE PUT ASIDE AND NOT USED. NO MAN, IF HE WORKS RIGHT, IS EVER ABLE TO USE BUT A PERCENTAGE OF THE MATERIAL HE GATHERS.

       ONE OUGHT NEVER TO CEASE THIS PROCESS OF REVISION INTIL THE SPEECH HAS BEEN MADE- EVEN THEN HE IS VERY LIKELY TO THINK OF POINTS AND IMPROVEMENTS AND REFINEMENTS THAT OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN MADE.

        A GOOD SPEAKE USUALLY FINDS WHEN HE FINISHES THAT THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR VERSIONS OF HIS SPEECH: THE ONE THAT HE PREPARD, THE ONE THAT HE DELIVERED, THE ONE THAT THE NEWSPAPERS SAID THAT HE DELIVERED, AND THE ONE THAT HE WISHES, ON HIS WAY HOME, THAT HE HAD DELIVERED.

                                                                       REHEARSE

              TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO, HORACE WROTES:

        " SEEK NOT FOR WORDS, SEEK ONLY FACT AND THOUGHT,

           AND CROWDING IN WILL COME THE WORDS UNSOUGHT."

          AFTER YOU HAVE IDEAS FIRMLY IN MIND, THEN REHEARSE YOUR TALK FROM BEFINNING TO END. DO IT SILENTLY, MENTALLY, AS YOU WALK THE STREET, AS YOU WAIT FOR CARS AND LIFTS. GET OFF IN A ROOM BY YOURSELF AND GO OVER IT ALOUD, GESTURING, SAYING IT WITH LIFE AND ENRGY. AS YOU PRACTISE, IMAGINE THERE IS A REAL AUDIENCE BEFORE YOU.

         IMAGINE IT SO STRONGLY THAT WHEN THERE IS ONE, IT WILL SEEM LIKE AN OLD EXPERIENCE. THAT IS THE REASON WHY SO MANY CRIMINALS ARE ABLE TO GO TO THE SCAFFOLD WITH SUCH BRAVADO, THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE IT SO MANY THOUSAND TIMES IN THEIR IMAGINATION THAT THEY HAVE LOST FEAR OF IT. WHEN THE ACTUAL EXECUTION DOES TAKE PLACE, IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH VERY OFTEN BEFORE.

     

SELF CONFIDENT DURING PUBLIC SPEAKING

                         START WITH A STRONG AND PERSISTENT DESIRE

      THIS IS OF FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU PROBABLY REALIZE. IF YOUR INSTRUCTOR COULD LOOK INTO YOUR MIND AND HEART NOW AND ACCERTAIN THE DEPTH OF YOUR DESIRE, HE COULD FORETALL, ALMOST WITH CERTAINLY, THE SWIFTNESS OF THE PROGRESS YOU WILL MAKE. IF YOUR DESIRE IS PALE AND FLABBY, YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS WILL ALSO TAKE ON THAT HUE AND CONSISTENCY. BUT, IF YOU GO AFTER THIS SUBJECT WITH PERSISTENCE, AND WITH THE ENERGY IF A BULLDOG AFTER A CAT, NOTHING UNDERNEATH THE MILKY WAY WILL DEFEAT YOU.

        THEREFORE, AROUSE YOUR ENTHUSIASM FOR THIS STUDY. ENUMERATE ITS BENEFITS. THINK OF WHAT ADDITIONAL SELF-CONFIDENCE AND THE ABILITY TO TALK MORE CONVINCINGLY IN BUSINESS WILL MEAN TO YOU. THINK OF WHAT IT MAY MEAN TO YOU SOCIALLY; OF THE FRIENDS IT WILL BRING, OF THE INCREASE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFLUENCE, OF THE LEADERSHIP IT WILL GIVE YOU. AND IT WILL GIVE YOU LEADERSHIP MORE RAPIDLY THAN ALMOST ANY OTHER ACTIVITY YOU CAN THINK OF OR IMAGINE.

         IT IS AN ATTAINMENT THAT ALMOST EVERY PERSON OF EDUCATION LONGS FOR. AFTER ANDREW CARNEGIE'S DEATH THERE WAS FOUND, AMONG HIS PAPERS, A PLAN HIS LIFE DRAWN UP WHERE HE WAS THIRTY-THREE YEARS OF AGE. HE THEN FELT THAT IN TWO MORE YEARS HE COULD SO ARRANGE HIS BUSINESS AS TO HAVE AN ANNUAL INCOME OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, SO HE PROPOSED TO RETIRE AT THIRTHY-FIVE, GO TO OXFORD AND GET A THROUGH EDUCATION, AND "PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION AND PLEASURE IN PUBLIC".

        THINK OF THE GLOW OF SATIFFACTION AND PLEASURE THAT WILL ACCURE FROM THE EXERCISE OF THIS NEW POWER. THE AUTHOR HAS TRAVELLED ROUND OVER NO SMALL PART OF THIS TERRESTIAL BALL; AND HAD MANY AND VARIED EXPERIENCES; BUT FOR DOWNRIGHT, AND LASTING INWARD SATISFACTION, BE KNOWS OF FEW THINGS THAT WILL COMPARE TO STANDING BEFORE AN AUDIENCE AND MAKING MEN THINK YOUR THOUGHTS AFTER YOU. IT WILL GIVE YOU A SENSE OF STRENGTH, A FEELING OF POWER. IT WILL APPEAL TO YOUR PRIDE OF PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT. IT WILL SET YOU OFF FROM AND RAISE YOU ABOVE YOUR FELLOWMEN. THERE IS MAGIC IN IT AND A NEVER-TO -BE-FORGOTTEN THRILL. "TWO MINUTES BEFORE I BEGIN", A SPEAKER CONFESSED, I BEFORE I FINISH, I WOULD RATHER BE SHOT THAN STOP.

          IN EVERY COUSE, SOME MEN GROW FAINT-HEARTED AND FALL BY THE WAYSIDE, SO YOU SHOULD KEEP THINKING OF WHAT THIS COURSE WILL MEAN TO YOU UNTIL YOUR DESIRE IS WHITE HOT. YOU SHOULD START THIS PROGRAMME WITH AN ENTHUSIASM THAT WILL CARRY YOU THOUGH EVERY SESSION, TRIUMPHANT TO THE END. TELL YOUR FRIENDS THAT YOU HAVE JOINED THIS COURSE. SET ASIDE ONE CERTAIN NIGHT OF THE WEEK FOR THE READING OF THESE LESSONS AND THE PREPARATION OF YOUR TALKS. IN SHORT, MAKE IT EASY AS POSSIBLE TO GO AHEAD. MAKE IT AS DIFFICULT AS POSSIBLE TO RETREAT.

         WHEN JULIUS CAESAR SAILED OVER THE CHANNEL FROM GAUL AND LANDED WITH LEGIONS ON WHAT IS NOW ENGLAND, WHAT DID HE DO TO INSURE THE SUCCESS OF HIS ARMS? A VERY CLERVER THING, HE HALTED HIS SOLDIERS ON THE CHALK CLIFF OF DOVER, AND LOOKING DOWN OVER THE WAVES TWO HUNDRED FEET BELOW, THEY SAW RED TONGUES OF FIRE CONSUME EVERY SHIP IN WHICH THEY HAD CROSSED. IN THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY, WITH THE LAST LINK WITH THE CONTINENT GONE, THE LAST MEANS OF RETREATING BURNED, THERE WAS BUT THING LEFT FOR THEM TO DO: TO CONQUER. THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT THEY DID.

         SUCH WAS THE SPIRIT OF THE IMMORTAL CAESAR. WHY NOT MAKE IT YOURS, TOO, IN THIS WAR TO EXTERMINATE YOUR FOOLISH FEAR OF AUDIENCES.

YOUR CHECK

                                     WRITE A CHECK TO YOURSELF

          IT'S EXTREMELY POWERFUL TO FORMULATE IMAGES OF SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES- COMES-AND TO RUN THEM THROUGH YOUR MIND. BUT, THERE'S ANOTHER TECHNIQUE YOU CAN USE TO ACCELERATE YOUR SUCCESS. YOU CAN CREATE VISUAL AIDS TO MOVE YOU TOWARD WHAT YOU WANT.

        IN 1990, WHILE HE WAS STILL RELATIVELY UNKNOWN, COMEDIAN JIM CARREY WROTE A CHECK TO HIMSELF WAS POSTDATED. THANKSGIVING 1995. AS CARREY EXPLAINED, IT WASN'T ABOUT MONEY. HE KNEW THAT IF HE WAS MAKING THAT MUCH, HE'D BE WORKING WITH THE BEST PEOPLE ON THE BEST MATERIAL.

       CARREY EARNED ABOUT $ 800,000 FOR HIS WORK IN ACE VENTURA AND THE MASK. THEN, IN LATE 1994, HE WAS PAID $MILLION FOR HIS ROLE IN DUMB AND DUMBER. IN 1995, HE EARNED MANY MORE MILLIONS AND IS NOW GETTING $20 MILLION PER MOVIE!

         JIM CARREY, "POSTDATED CHECK" EXERCISE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE POWER OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND TO ACTUALIZE A GOAL THAT IS HELD WITH DEEP CONVICTION AND FEELING. THINKING ABOUT YOUR GOAL AND FORMING IMAGES IN YOUR MIND WILL GO A LONG WAY TO CREATION THE SUCCESS YOU DESIRE. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU ALSO USE A TANGIBLE REPRESENTATION OF YOUR GOAL(SUCH AS A CHECK), YOUR CHANCES OF SUCCESS ARE EVEN GREATER!

          NOW, I'M NOT SHARING THIS EXAMPLE SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S AN INTERESTING STORY ABOUT HIM CARREY. THE SAME TECHNIQUE CAN WORK FOR  YOU, TOO!

        WHY NOT TEAR OUT ONE OF YOUR CHECKS RIGHT NOW AND POSTDATE IT THREE OR FIVE YEARS FROM NOW WITH THE AMOUNT THAT YOU WANT TO EARN FOR "SERVICES RENDERED"? MAKE SURE TO LOOK AT THAT CHECK AT LEAST ONCE A DAY.. AND BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE MOVING TOWARD THAT GOAL.          

THE REAL WORLD

                                                THE WORLD IS YOURS

    " THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

       IS ONLY A STUBBORNLY PERSISTENT ILLUSION"

    " IN THE BEGINNING THERE WERE ONLY PROBABILITIES 

     THE UNIVERSE COULD ONLY COME INTO EXISTENCE IF

     SOMEONE OBSERVED IT. IT DOES NOT MATTER THAT THE

     OBSERVERS TURNED UP SERVERAL BILLION YEARS LATER.

     THE UNIVERSE EXISTS BECAUSE WE ARE AWARE OF ITS" 

      I WANT TO TAKE YOU BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE WORLD YOU SEE, BECAUSE MUCH OF WHAT YOU SEE IS NOT AS REAL AS YOU MAY THINK IT IS, A FEW ADVENTUROUS STEPS INTO THE INVISIBLE WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU LOOK AT THE WORLD, AND IT WILL SET YOU FREE TO RECEIVE AN UNLIMITED LIFE.

    MOST OF THE THINGS YOU MAY CURRENTLY BELIEVE ABOUT THE REAL WORLD ARE NOT TRUE. YOU ARE MUCH MORE THAN YOU MAY REALIZE. LIFE AND THE UNIVERSE ARE MUCH MORE THAN YOU MAY REALIZE. YOU MAY THINK THERE IS A LIMITED AMOUNT OF MONEY, HEALTH, AND RESOURSCES, BUT IT ISN'T TRUE. THERE IS NO LACK OF ANYTHING. QUANTUM PHYSICS TELL US THERE ARE INFINITE PLANET  EARTHS AND INFINITE INIVERSE THAT EXIST, AND WE MOVE FROM ONE RALITY OF PLANET EARTH AND UNIVERSE TO ANOTHER, EVERY FRACTION OF A  SECOND. THIS IS THE REAL WORLD EMERGING THROUGH SCIENCE.

       " IN OUR UNIVERSE WE ARE TURNED INTO THE FRQUENCY

        THAT CORRESPONDS TO PHYSICAL REALITY. BUT THERE ARE

        AN INFINITE NUMBER OF PARALLEL REALITIES COEXISTING

       WITH US IN THE SAME ROOM, ALTHOUGH WE CANNOT

        TUNE INTO THEM"

    YOU MAY THINK THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF TIME IN THE REAL WORLD, AND BECAUSE OF THAT YOU MAY LIVE YOU LIFE RUSHING AGAINST TIME, BUT THE GREAT SCIENTIST ALBERT EINSTEIN TOLD US THAT TIME IS AN ILLUSION.

      YOU MAY THINK THAT THE REAL WORLD IS MADE UP OF LIVING THINGS AND DEAD THINGS. BUT IN THE UNIVERSE EVERYTHING IS ALIVE AND NOTHING IS DEAD. THE STARS, SUN, PLANETS, EARTH, AIR, WATER, FIRE, AND EVERY OBJECT YOU SEE IS SEETHING WITH LIFE. THIS IS THE REAL WORLD THAT IS EMERGING.

   " THERE IS A SENSE IN THE TREE WHICH FEELS YOUR LOVE AND 

     RESPONDS TO IT. IT DOES NOT RESPOND OR SHOW ITS PLESURE

     IN OUR WAY OR IN ANY WAY WE CAN NOW UNDERSTAN"

WHAT DO U BELIEVE

                                                    BELIEVE YOURSELF

                                 "FOR AS HE THINKETH IN HIS HEART, SO IS HE"

    THERE ARE AMONG THE GREATEST WORDS OF WISDOM EVER GIVEN BUT WHAT DO THEY MEAN, "FOR AS HE THINKETH IN HIS HEART, SO IS HE?

   WHAT YOU THINK IN YOUR HEART IS WHAT YOU BELIEVE TO BE TRUE. BELIEFS ARE SIMPLY REPEATED THOUGHTS WITH STRONG FEELINGS ATTACHED TO THEM LIKE, I CATCH COLDS EASILY, I HAVE A SENSITIVE STOMACH, I FIND IT HARD TO LOSE WEIGHT, I' M ALLERGIC TO THAT, " COFFEE KEEPS ME AWAKE ", ALL THESE ARE BELIEFS, NOT FACTS. A BELIEF IS WHEN YOU HAVE MADE UP YOUR MIND, THE VERDICT IS IN, YOU'VE NAILED THE DOOR SHUT ANDTHROWN AWAY THE KEY, AND THERE IS NO ROOM FOR NEGOTIATION. BUT WHATEVER YOU BELIEVE AND FEEL IS TRUE WILL BE TRUE FOR YOU, WHETHER YOU BELIEVE AND FEEL IS TRUE WILL BE TRUE FOR YOU, WHETHER YOUR BELIEFS HELP YOU OR HARM YOU. WHATEVER BELIEFS YOU GIVE OUT, THE LAW OF ATTRACTION SAYS YOU MUST RECEIVE BACK.

      MANY PEOPLE HAVE MORE FEARFUL BELIEFS ABOUT DESEAS THAN THEY HAVE GOOD BELIEFS ABOUT HEALTH. IT'S NOT SURPRISING BECAUSE OF THE ATTENTION THAT IS GIVEN TO DISEASE IN THE WORLD, AND YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY THAT EVERY DAY. IN SPITE OF ALL THE ADVANCES IN MEDICINE, DISEASE IS INCREASING BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY, FEARFUL OF DISEASE.

      DO YOU HAVE MORE GOOD FEELINGS ABOUT HEALTH THAN YOU HAVE NEGATIVE FEELINGS ABOUT DISEASE? DO YOU BELIEVE IN LIFELONG HEALTH MORE THAN YOU BELIEVE IN THE INEVITABILITY OF DISEASE? IF YOU BELIEVE THAT YOUR BODY WILL DETERIORATE WITH AGE AND THAT DISEASE IS INEVITABLE, YOU ARE GIVING OUT THAT BELIEF, AND THE LAW OF ATTRACTION MUST RETURN IT TO YOU CLOTHED AS THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND STATE OF YOUR HEALTH AND BODY.

        " F0R THE THING I FEAR COMES UPON ME, AND WHAT

           I DREAD BEFALLS ME"

  

CREATE NEW PICTURES

                                                          PERCEPTION

  

      WE CAN CREATE NEW MENTAL MOVIES WHENEVER WE CHOOSE TO DO SO. AND WHEN WE DEVELOP NEW IMAGES THAT EVOKE POWERFUL FEELINGS AND SENSATIONS, WE'LL ACT IN WAYS THAT SUPPORT THOSE NEW PICTURES! SO, THE FIRST STEP IS TO CREATE AN IMAGE OF YOUR DESIRED OUTCOME. YOU ARE LIMITED ONLY BY YOUR IMAGINATION.

     AS YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE ARE TERRIFIED ABOUT PUBLIC SPEAKING. IN SURVEY, IT IS LISTED AS THE 1. FEAR THAT PEOPLE HAVE-RANKED AHEAD OF THE FEAR OF DEATH! SO, WHEN MOST PEOPLE ARE ASKED TO EVEN CONSIDER MAKING A SPEECH, WHAT KINDS OF PICTURES DO THEY RUN THROUGH THEIR MINDS? THEY SEETHEMSELVES STANDING NERVOUSLY IN FRON OF THE AUDIENCE. PERHAPS THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE REMEMBERING WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY. RUN THESE IMAGES OVER AND OVER ON YOUR MENTAL SCREEN AND YOU CAN BE SURE THAT YOU WON'T HAVE MUCH SUCCESS AS A SPEAKER!

           INSTEAD, FORM A PICTURE IN YOUR MIND IN WHICH YOU'RE CONFIDENTLY GIVING YOUR PRESENTATION. THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS ARE LISTENING TO YOUR EVERY WORD. YOU LOOK SHARP. YOUR DELIVERY IS SMOOTH. YOU TELL A FUNNY STORY AND THE AUDIENCE IS LAUGHING. AT THE END, YOU GET A WARM ROUND OF APPLAUSE. PEOPLE COME UP  AFTERWARD TO CONGRATULATE YOU. DO YOU SEE HOW THESE KIND OF MENTAL IMAGES CAN HELP YOU TO BECOME A BETTER SPEAKER?

      REGOGNIZE, HOWEVER, THAT THE PICTURES IN YOUR MIND ARE NOT FULFILLED OVERNIGHT. BUT, BY BEING PATIENT AND BY PERSISTENTLY FORCUSING ON THESE MENTAL IMAGES, YOU'LL AUTOMATICALLY START ACTING IN WAYS THAT SUPPORT YOUR VISION.

REPETITION IS THE KEY

                                                                  KEY 

    HERE ARE TWO MORE ACTION STEPS TO HEP YOU BECOME MORE POSITIVE AND GET THE RESULTS YOU WANT.

    STEP    1.  EVERY DAY, READ SOME POSITIVE, UPLIFTING LITERATURE. FIND 15-30 MINUTES IN THE MORNING TO DO THIS- AND IT'S ALSO A GOOD IDEA TO DO SOME READING RIGHT BEFORE BED. THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF MOTIVATIONAL BOOKS AND ARTICLES TO CHOOSE FROM. READ WHATEVER SPEAKS TO YOU-IT COULD BE THE BIBLE OR OTHER SPIRITUAL MATERIAL, OR PERHAPS INSPIRING BIOGRAPHIES. YOU'LL FIND A WIDE SELECTION OF SUCCESS BOOKS IN THE PSYCHOLOGY AND SELF-IMPROVEMENT SECTION OF ANY BOOKSTORE OR LIBERARY-SO CHECK THEM OUT .

       STEP   2.   EVERY DAY, LISTEN TO MOTIVATIONAL AUDIO PROGRAMS. YOU CAN LISTEN TO THEM IN YOUR CAR WHILE COMMUTING, AT HOME OR DURING YOUR EXERCISE ROUTINE. THE KEY IS REPETITION. WHEN YOU HEAR THESE MESSAGES OVER AND OVER THEY BECOME PART OF YOU- AND YOU BEGIN TO IMPLEMENT THEM TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE. THEY WILL GET YOU THINKING ABOUT YOUR ATTITUDE AND OTHER SUCCESS PRINCIPLES ON A DAILY BASIS. OF COURSE, AUDIO PROGRAMS ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR ACTION. IT'S UP TO YOU TO PUT THESE IDEAS TO WORK!

         SO, IF YOU REAS SOMETHING POSITIVE AND LISTEN TO MOTIVATIONAL AUDIO PROGRAMS EVERY DAY, IT WILL MAKE A PHENOMENAL DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE. I CAN TELL YOU FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT THESE TECHNIQUES WORK IF YOU HAVE THE DISCIPLINE TO STICK WITH THEM.

         THE LESSON I'VE LEARNED IS THIS: CHANGE YOUR THINKING AND YOU CHANGE YOUR LIFE! YOU WILL BECOME WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT.

   

COMMON FEARS

                                             THE MOST COMMON FEARS

            DURING MANY OF MY PRESENTATIONS, I DISTRIBUTE INDEX CARDS TO THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS AND ASK THEM TO WRITE DOWN, ANONYMOUSLY, THE FEARS THAT ARE STANDING IN THE WAY OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL GROWTH. THEN, I COLLECT THE CARDS AND READ THEM ALOUD.

          WHAT DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WRITE ON THOSE INDEX CARDS? IN MOST AUDIENCES, REGARDLESS OF PROFESSION OR GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION, THE SAME ANSWERS COME UP AGAIN AND AGAIN. HERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST COMMON FEARS THEY IDENTIFY:

     1. PUBLIC SPEAKING OR GIVING PRESENTATION. IN VIRTUALLY EVERY GROUP, THIS IS THE FEAR. THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE TERRIFIED ABOUT SPEAKING IN FRONT OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE.

     2. HEARING THE WORD "NO" OR HAVING THEIR IDEAS REJECTED. THIS RESPONSE IS VERY COMMON AMONG SALESPEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO MAKE COLD CALLS.

    3. CHANGING JOBS OR STARTING THEIR OWN BUSINESS. OVER THE YEARS, I'VE NOTICED THAT MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE LISTING THIS FEAR. WE HAVE A LOT OF UNHAPPY WORKERS IN CORPORATE. AMERICA TODAY, AND THEY YEARS FOR A MORE SATISFYING WORK ENVIRONMENT BUT THEY'RE AFRAID TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT!

   4. TELLING MANAGERS OR EXECUTIVE "NEGATIVE NEWS" ( WHAT THE MANAGERS OR EXECUTIVE DON'T WANT TO HEAR) THIS ONE IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.

   5. TALKING TO PEOPLE IN UPPER MANAGEMENT. MANY ENTRY-LEVEL WORKERS AND EVEN MANAGERS ARE TERRIFIED ABOUT SPEAKING TO EXECUTIVES IN THE COMPANY. THEY EVEN HESITATE ABOUT TO MAKE "SMALL TALK" WITH THE PRESIDENT OR CEO OF THEIR ORGANISATION-FOR FEAR THEY'LL SAY SOMETHING SILLY OR APPEAR STUPID.

  6. FEAR OF FAILURE. THOSE WHO WON'T TRY SOMETHING NEW FOR FEAR THAT IT WON'T WORK OUT. ( WE'LL TACKLE THIS ISSUE IN MORE DEPTH IN LESSON )

           WELL, ARE YOU SURPRISED BY ANY OF THE FEARS ON THIS LIST? DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THEM NOW- OR HAVE YOU HAD THEM IN THE PAST? THE TRUTH IS, THE OVERWHIELMING MAJORITY OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THESE FEARS AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIVES

          AND IF YOU HAVE SOME FEARS THAT WEREN'T ON THIS LIST, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. YOU ARE STRONGER THAN ANY OF YOUR FEARS.... AND YOU CAN OVERCOME THEM!

PERFECT HEALTH

                                                  PERFECT HEALTH TIPS

   

                       " WHRE THERE IS THE GREATEST LOVE, THERE ARE 

                          ALWAYS MIRACLES"

     TO RECEIVE THE HEALTH YOU WANT AND LOVE, YOU MUST GIVE LOVE! IN THE FACE OF ANY SICKNESS, GIVE GOOD FEELINGS ABOUT HEALTH, BECAUSE ONLY LOVE BRINGS PERFECT HEALTH. YOU CANNOT GIVE BAD FEELINGS ABOUT SICKNESS AND RECEIVE HEALTH. IF YOU HATE A FEAR A DISEASE, YOU WILL BE GIVING OUT BAD FFELINGS, AND DISEASE CAN NEVER GO AWAY THROUGH BAD FEELINGS, WHEN YOU GIVE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS OF WHAT YOU GIVE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS OF WHAT YOU DON'T WANT, THE FORCE OF HEALTH TO YOUR CELLS, REDUCES! IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU FEEL BAD ABOUT A SUBJECT THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR HEALTH, WHEN YOU FEEL BAD, YOU REDUCE THE FORCE FO HEALTH TO YOUR BODY. BUT WHEN YOU FEEL LOVE FOR ANYTHING- FOR A SUNNY DAY, NEW HOUSE, FRIEND, OR PROMOTION-YOUR BODY RECEIVES THE FULL FORCE OF HEALTH. 

        GRATITUDE IS THE GREAT MULTIPLIER, SO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR HEALTH EVERY SINGLE DAY. ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD CANNOT BUY HEALTH, BECAUSE IT IS A GIFT FROM LIFE, AND SO MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HEALTH! IT'S THE BEST HEALTH INSURANCE YOU CAN EVER TAKE, BECAUSE GRATITUDE IS THE ASSURANCE OF HEALTH!

        BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR BODY INSTEAD OF FINDING FAULT WITH IT. EVERY TIME YOU HAVEA THOUGHT OF SOMETHING YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOUR BODY, REMEMBER THAT THE WATER INSIDE YOU BODY IS RECEIVING YOUR FEELINGS. INSTEAD SAY THANK YOU WITH ALL YOUR HEART FOR WHAT YOU DO LIKE ABOUT YOUR BODY, AND IGNORE THE THING YOU DON'T LIKE.

                                            " LOVE DRAWS FORTH LOVE"

THE LAWS OF LOVE

                                                                 LOVE

          THE UNIVERSE IS GOVERNED BY NATURAL LAWS. WE CAN FLY IN AN AIRPLANE BECAUSE AVIATION WORKS IN HARMONY WITH NATURAL LAWS. THE LAWS OF PHYSICS DIDN'T CHANGE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO FLY, BUT WE FOUND A WAY TO WORK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATURAL LAWS, AND BY DOING SO WE CAN FLY, JUST AS LAWS OF PHYSICS GOVERNAVIATION, ELECTRICITY, AND GRAVITY, THERE IS A LAW THAT GOVERNS LOVE, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND ITS LAW THE MOST POWERFUL LAW IN THE INIVERSE THE LAW OF ATTRACTION.

         FROM THE GREATEST TO THE SMALLEST THE LAW OF ATTRACTION IS WHAT HOLDS EVERY STAR IN THE INIVERSE AND FORMS EVERY ATOM AND MOLECULE. THE FORCE OF ATTRACTION OF THE SUN HOLDS THE PLANETS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, KEEPING THEM FROM HURTLING INTO SPACE. THE FORCE OF ATTRACTION IN GRAVITY HOLDS YOU AND EVERY PERSON, ANIMAL, PLANT, AND MINERAL IN EARTH. THE FORCE OF ATTRACTION CAN BE SEEN IN ALL OF NATURE FROM A FLOWER ATTRACTING BEES OR ASEED ATTRACTING NUTREINTS FROM THE SOIL, TO EVERY LIVING CREATURE BEING ATTRACTED TO ITS OWN SPECIES. THE FORCE OF ATTRACTION OPERATES THROUGH ALL THE ANIMALS ON THE EARTH FISH IN THE SEA, AND BIRDS IN THE SKY, LEADING THEM TO MULTIPLY AND FORM HERDS, SCHOOLS, AND FLOCKS. THE FORCE OF ATTRACTION HOLDS TOGETHER THE CELLS OF YOUR BODY, THE MATERIALS OF YOUR HOUSE, AND THE WATER IN YOUR GLASS. EVERY OBJECT YOU USE IS HELD TOGETHER BY THE FORCE OF ATTRACTION.

                    ATTRACTION IS THE FORCE THAT DRAWS PEOPLE TO OTHER PEOPLE. IT DRAWS PEOPLE FO FORM CITIES AND NATIONS, GROUPS, CLUBS, AND SOCIETIES WHERE THEY SHARE COMMON INTEREST. IT IS THE FORCE THAT PULLS ONE PERSON TO SCIENCE AND ANOTHER TO COOKING, IT PULLS PEOPLE TO VARIOUS SPORTS OR TO DIFFERENT STYLES OF MUSIC, TO CERTAIN ANIMALS AND PETS. ATTRACTION IS THE FORCE THAT DRAWS YOU TO YOUR FAVORITE THINGS AND PLACES, AND IT'S THE FORCE THAT DRAWS YOU TO YOUR FRIENDS AND THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE.           

     

  

NETWORKING

                                     THE BENEFITS OF NETWORKING

                     

              WHILE YOUR SUCCESS CERTAINLY STARTS WITH  YOU, IT GROWS TO HIGHER LEVELS AS A RESULT OF YOUR ASSOCIATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE. SIMPLY PUT, ,YOU CAN'T SUCCEED ON A GRAND SCALE ALL BY YOURSELF.

             THAT'S WHY NETWORKING IS SO IMPORTANT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS LESSON, LET'S DEFINE NETWORKING AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE FOR MUTUAL BENEFITS.

    IN THE BUSINESS ARENA, NETWORKING HAS THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS:

          * GENERATES NEW CLIENTS OR BUSINESS LEADS

          * INCREASE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

          * HELPS IN FINDINGG THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO FILL CRITICAL POSITIONS

          * PROVIDES VALUABLE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES

          * ASSISTS IN SOLVING PROBLEMS.

    IN THE PERSONAL REALM, HERE'S WHAT NETWORKING CAN DO FOR YOU:

          * ENHANCE YOUR SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS BY INTRODUCING YOU TO NEW FRIENDS.

          * HELP YOU TO BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH PEOPLE OF VARYING ETHNIC, CULTURAL AND PHILOSPHICAL BACKGROUNDS.

         * PROVIDE VALUABLE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES

         * CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR SPRITUAL GROWTH

                     NOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT NETWORKING CAN DO, THE QUESTION IS; WHAT CAN WE DO TO ENHANCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR NETWORK? LET ME PASS ALONG 16 TECHNIQUES THAT I'VE FOUND PRODUCTIVE. TO SIMPLIFY MATTERS, I'VE ORGANIZED THEM INTO FOUR SEPERATE, BUT RELATED CATEGORIES.

        (ATTITUDE AND ACTION, REFERALS, COMMUNICATION)

  

 

COMMITMENT PAYS OFF

                        COMMITMENT PAYS OFF FOR ASPIRING NOVELIST

                    SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AMERICAN WAY MAGAZINE CARRIED A FASCINATING INTERVIEW WITH BEST -SELLING NOVELIST DAVID BALDACCI. BALDACCI IS THE AUTHOR OF THE IMMENSELY SUCCESSFUL NOVELS ABSOLUTE POWER, TOTAL CONTROL AND THE WINNER. MILLIONS OF COPIES OF HIS BOOKS HAVE BEEN SOLD.

                   LET ME ASSURE YOU, HOWEVER, THAT BALDACCI WAS NO OVERNIGHT SUCCESS. HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FINANCIAL ACHIEVEMENTS WERE THE RESULT OF HIS TOTAL COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPING OF DEVOLING HIS TALENTS AS A  WRITER. LIKE ME, BALDACCI STARTED OUT AS A LAWYER. HE STARTED LAW SCHOOL IN 1983 AND DIDN'T GIVE ANY THOUGHT TO BECOMING A BEST-SELLING NOVELIST. HE SIMPLY ENJOYED WRITING.

                   YET, AT THE OUTSET, BALDACCI KNEW THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE THE NECCESSARY WRITING SKILLS, SO HE MADE A COMMITMENT, AS HE PUT IT, TO LEARN THE CRAFT OF WRITING. FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS, HE DIDN'T FINISH ANY OF HIS PROJECT. EVERY DAY, HE JUST WORKED ON CHARACTERS, PLOT DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER WRITING BASICS. 

                  AT THE TIME, HE WAS A PRACTICING LAWYER, AND HE AND HIS WIFE HAD TWO YOUNG CHILDREN. WHEN DID HE FIND THE TIME TO DO THIS WRITING? BALDACCI WORKED ON HIS WRITING EVERT NIGHT FROM 10.00 PM UNTIL 2.00 AM. NOW, THAT'S A COMMITMENT TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES! HE POINTED OUT, HOWEVER, THAT HE HAD FUN WRITING-IT WASN'T A CHORE. BY THE WAY, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT YOU STAY UP ALL NIGHT TO PURSUE YOUR GOAL-THAT 10.00 PM TO 2.00 AM SHIFT CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WORK FOR ME, AND IT MAY NOT WORK FOR YOU, EITHER!

                AFTER 10 YEARS OF WRITING, BALDACCI HAD COMPLETED SOME SHORT STORIES AND A FEW SCREENPLAYS, HIS TOTAL SALES: ZERO ALL THAT HE HAD TO SHOW FOR HIS EFFORTS WERE  A LOT OF REJECTION FROM EDITORS. 

               IN 1996, ALL OF BALDACCI'S EFFORTS PAID OFF...... BIG TIME! HE RECEIVED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE LITERALLY AND MOVIE RIGHTS TO HIS BLOCBUSTER THRILLER ABSOLUTE POWER. THE START OF THE MOVIE WAS CLINT EASTWOOD. SUCH IS THE POWER OF A PERSON WHO IS COMMITTED.

POWER TO THE WORLD

                                        LOVE IS THE POWER TO THE WORLD

            THE FORCE OF LOVE HAS NO OPPOSITE. THERE IS NO OTHER POWER IN LIFE BUT LOVE. THERE ISN'T A FORCE OF NEGATIVITY. IN ANCIENT TIMES, NEGATIVITY WAS SOMETIMES DESCRIBED AS 'THE DEVIL' OR 'EVIL'. BEING TEMPTED BY EVIL OR THE DEVIL SIMPLY MEANT BEING TEMPTED TO FALL INTO NEGATIVE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS, RATHER THAN STANDING FIRM IN THE POSITIVE FORCE OF LOVE. THERE IS NO FORCE OF NEGATIVITY. THERE IS ONLY ONE FORCE, AND THAT FORCE IS LOVE.

            ALL THE NEGATIVE THINGS YOU SEE IN THE WORLD ARE ALWAYS, ALWAYS MANIFESTATIONS OF A LACK OF LOVE. WHETHER THAT NEGATIVITY IS IN A PERSON, PLACE, CIRCUMSTANCE, OR EVENT, IT HAS ALWAYS COME FROM A LACK OF LOVE. THERE ISN'T A FORCE OF SADNESS; SADNESS IS A LACK OF HAPPINESS, AND ALL HAPPINESS COMES FROM LOVE.THERE ISN'T A FORCE OF FAILURE; FAILURE IS A LACK OF SUCCESS AND ALL SUCCESS COMES FROM LOVE. THERE ISN'T FORCE OF ILLNESS; ILLNESS IS A LACK OF HEALTH, AND ALL HEALTH COME FROM LOVE. THERE ISN'T A FORCE OF POVERTY; POVERTY IS A LACK OF ABUNDANCE, AND ALL ABUNDANCE COMES FORM LOVE. LOVE IS THE POSITIVE FORCE OF LIFE, AND ANY NEGATIVE CONDITION ALWAYS COMES FROM A LACK OF LOVE.

               WHEN PEOPLE REACH THE TIPPING POINT OF GIVING MORE LOVE THAN NEGATIVITY, WE WILL SEE NEGATIVITY VANISH FROM THE PLANET AT A RAPID RATE. IMAGINE IT! EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU CHOOSE TO GIVE LOVE, YOUR LOVE IS HELPING TO TIP THE ENTIRE WORLD INTO POSITIVITY! SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE TIPPING POINT NOW. WHETHER THEY'RE RIGHT OF NOT, MORE THAN EVER, NOW IS THE TIME TO GIVE LOVE AND POSITIVITY. DO IT FOR YOUR LIFE. DO IT FOR YOUR COUNTRY. DO IT FOR THE WORLD.

       " WHEN THE HEART IS SET RIGHT, THEN THE PERSONAL LIFE

         IS CULTIVATED. WHEN THE PERSONAL LIFE IS CULTIVATED,

         THEN THE HOME LIFE IS REGULATED. WHEN THE HOME LIFE

         IS REGULATED, THEN THE NATIONAL LIFEIS ORDERLYL;

         AND WHEN THE NATIONAL LIFE IS ORDERLY, THEN THE WORLD

         IS AT PEACE"