This
mental atmosphere is the direct result
of thought which in its turn becomes the
direct reason for the cause of that which
comes into our lives. Through this power
we are either attracting or repelling.
Like attract like and we attract to us
just what we are in mind. It is also true
that we become attracted to something
that is greater than our previous experience
by first embodying the atmosphere of our
desire.
Every
business, every place, every person, everything
has a certain mental atmosphere of its
own. This atmosphere decides what is to
be drawn to it. For instance, you never
saw a successful man who went around with
an atmosphere of failure. Successful people
think about success. A successful man
is filled with that subtle something which
permeates everything that he does with
an atmosphere of confidence and strength.
In the presence of some people we feel
as though nothing were too great to undertake;
we are uplifted; we are inspired to do
great things, to accomplish; we feel strong,
steady, sure. What a power we feel in
the presence of big souls, strong men,
noble women!
Did
you ever stop to inquire why it is that
such persons have this kind of effect
over you while others seem to depress,
to drag you down, and in their presence
you feel as though life were a load to
carry? One type is positive, the other
negative. In every physical respect they
are just alike, but one has a mental and
spiritual power which the other does not
have, and without that power the individual
can hope to do but little.
Which
of these two do we like the better? With
which do we want to associate? Certainly
not the one that
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