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happiness is faith in your possibilities. Where this faith is not, there is very little accomplished in the way of character-building. Therefore the first step you need to take is to cultivate this faith in yourself. Practice affirming the infinite possibilities of the Human Soul. Think of yourself as an incarnation of God with all the possibilities of the God-head in you. Meditate upon the words of Jesus, The kingdom of God is within you! till you feel able to accomplish anything you desire. This meditation is concentration. As you meditate upon this thought you will grow into the power of expression. Affirm --- "I, as spirit (or mind) possess all power I need to accomplish my desires."

The thought of "Can't" is born in recognition of the power of circumstances. As long as you think they have power you give them power. Circumstances in themselves have no power for either good or evil. The thought you have of them determines their effect upon yourself. If you fear them, you give them power to harm, that is, you are harmed by the thought you put into them. You may think whatever you choose of any circumstance or condition, and it becomes to you that which you think it is. Let me take a simple illustration. When I was a boy we planned a picnic one summer. The morning arose rainy. I felt so badly over it as an evil, that I cried, but others of the family rejoiced, for a drought was broken. They were happy, but I went to bed with a sick headache. The fact was, but a rainy day, and it became to each one that which his thought made it. Fire, defeat, loss of property are mere circumstances; one, by them, is stimulated to greater effort, another is crushed into lethargy. Concentration