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Hi Linda,
I'd like to share this quote on choosing to be rich:
From the epilogue of "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill:
(The emphasis by capitalization is his.)
"...An individual can create nothing which he or she does not first conceive in the form of an impulse of thought. Following this statement comes another of still greater importance, namely that THOUGHT IMPULSES BEGIN IMMEDIATELY TO TRANSLATE THEMSELVES INTO THEIR PHYSICAL EQUIVALENT, WHETHER THOSE THOUGHTS ARE VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY. Thought impulses which are picked up by mere chance from sources outside one's own mind (thoughts created in other minds) may determine one's financial, business, professional, or social destiny just as surely as do the thought impulses which one creates by intent and design.
"We are here laying the foundation for the presentation of a fact of great importance to the person who does not understand why some people appear to be lucky while others of equal or greater ability, training, experience, and intellectual capacity seem destined to misfortune. This fact may be explained by the statement that all human beings have the ability to completely control their own mind, and with this control, obviously, all individuals can open their minds to the "tramp" thought impulses which derive from the brains of others, or else can close the doors tightly and admit only thought impulses of their own choice.
"Nature has endowed human beings with absolute control over only one thing - and that is THOUGHT. This fact - coupled with the additional fact that everything that human beings create begins in the form of a thought, an IDEA - leads one very near to the principle by which FEAR may be mastered.
"If it is true that ALL THOUGHT HAS A TENDENCY TO CLOTHE ITSELF IN ITS PHYSICAL EQUIVALENT (and this is true beyond any doubt), it is equally true that thought impulses of fear and poverty cannot be translated into terms of courage and financial gain.
"The people of America began to think of poverty following the Wall Street crash of 1929. Slowly, but surely, that mass thought was crystallized into its physical equivalent, which was known as a depression. This had to happen. It is in conformity with the laws of Nature.
"The Fear of Poverty
"There can be no compromise between POVERTY and RICHES! The roads that lead to poverty and riches travel in opposite directions. If you want riches, you must refuse to accept any circumstances which lead to poverty. (The word "riches" is here used in its broadest sense, meaning financial, spiritual, mental, and material estates). The starting point of the path that leads to riches is DESIRE. In Chapter 1, you received full instructions for the proper use of DESIRE. Now in this concluding discussion on FEAR, you will receive complete instructions on preparing your mind to make practical use of DESIRE.
"Here then is the place to give yourself a challenge which will definitely determine how much of this philosophy you have absorbed so far. Here is the point at which you can turn prophet and foretell accurately what the future holds in store for you. If, after reading what follows, you are willing to accept poverty, you may as well make up your mind to receive poverty. This is one decision you cannot avoid.
"If you demand riches, determine what form of riches and how much will be required to satisfy you. You should now know the road that leads to riches. You have been given a road map which, if followed, will keep you on that road. If you neglect to make the start, or stop before you arrive, no one will be to blame but YOU. The responsibility is yours. No alibi will save you from accepting this responsibility. If you now fail or refuse to demand riches of life, it will be because of one thing - the only thing you can truly control - a STATE OF MIND. And a state of mind is something that one assumes. It cannot be purchased. It must be created.
"Fear of poverty is a state of mind, nothing else! But it is sufficient to destroy one's chances of achievement in any undertaking, a truth which becomes painfully evident during any time of economic difficulty and uncertainty.
"Fear of poverty paralyzes the faculty of reason, destroys the faculty of imagination, kills self-reliance, undermines enthusiasm, discourages initiative, leads to uncertainty of purpose, encourages procrastination, wipes out enthusiasm, and makes self-control impossible. It takes the charm from one's personality, destroys the possibility of accurate thinking, diverts concentration of effort, kills persistence, turns willpower into nothingness, destroys ambition, beclouds memory, and invites failure in every conceivable form. It kills love and assassinates the finer emotions of the heart, discourages friendship, invites disaster in a hundred forms, leads to sleeplessness, misery, and unhappiness - and all this despite the obvious truth that we live in a world of overabundance of everything the heart could desire, with nothing standing between us and our desires except lack of a definite purpose and the plans that derive from it."
I believe that choosing to be rich is a choice that must be made many times every day, not just once. It is a lifetime commitment to following your plan to achieve your major objective in life.
Act on your dream!
JD
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