No matter where you live or what your political persuasion, you have to feel a sense
of pride and hope this morning. As I write this, Barack Obama has just been elected
President of the United States. Obama’s story is a story of hope, perseverance,
and above all else, belief.
President-elect Obama got were he is today by a strong and unwavering belief.
Obama’s story is everyone’s story. We ALL get where we are in life
according to our beliefs. And whether we are religious or not, each of us can
appreciate the timeless wisdom of that one simple phrase from the Bible: “According
to your belief it is done unto you.”
The subject of belief has been on my mind a lot lately. Monday I was recording
the narration for a new video on this very subject, and on Tuesday (yesterday)
I had a living, breathing example of the power of belief staring me right in
the face: the 44th President of the United States will be an African American,
something many people doubted they would ever see in their lifetime.
But as many of the world’s wisest people have noted throughout the ages,
what we believe tends to become our reality. Winston Churchill said, “We
create our own universe as we go along.” Famed psychologist Albert Ellis
said, “We become what we think about all day long.” Even pioneering
industrialists Henry Ford noted, “Whether you think you can or you can’t,
either way you are right.”
These aren’t just lovely sentiments, or stirring rhetorical devices;
these statements represent a universal truth regarding the world we live in,
and we ignore their wisdom at our own peril.
Once we recognize the power of belief, it behooves us to spend a little time
thinking about what we believe, what we REALLY believe deep down — and why
we believe it.
What do you believe about yourself? Do you believe you’re good, strong,
smart, wealthy, healthy, lovable? If we are really honest, too many of us seem
to believe the opposite of these things about ourselves. But why?
It’s important to examine why you believe what you do, especially if
you have limiting beliefs that are holding you back from achieving the things
you desire in life. The truth is, you can believe anything you want. If you
have a belief that is not serving you well, you can simply choose to believe
something else.
This may sound oversimplified, but in the end life is just that simple. The
universe responds to what you believe — it does not care WHY you believe it,
or even if it is true (true according to whom?). If you can believe something,
and persevere in that belief, you CAN achieve it. Great men and women have told
us that for centuries.
But if you’re skeptical, just turn on your television this morning (almost
any channel will do), and witness for yourself the awesome power of belief in
our new president elect, Barack Obama.
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