As a man thinks in his heart

I read the account of a national convention of the barber and hairstylists of the United States in a book. You can go up by bill and does string fellow. The barbers and hairstylists wanted to give Americans a better image of their profession. so they hired a young public relation executive to handle the job. The public relation executive went to the work immediately and here is what he did. He went to the slum of New York City to pick up a young man who was a tramp with soiled and faltered clothes, his hair was unkempt and his beard was dirty. After his toning to the executive officer, the tramp agreed to a deal since there was some cash to the bargain.

The young executive took the tramp straight to a photographer shop and had some snaps of him the way he was dirty and unkempt. Then he gave him a face lift, a steam bath, a shave and a hair cut, and took him to the photographer for another round of snaps. But he was not finished. The PR executive took the young man to town and got him professionally made suits, shirts, ties and shoes. Then he had a third round of photographer snaps.

On the day the convention started, the young executive positioned three life size photographs of his subject of the lobby of the hotel. And he were of the top those pictures, “see what the barber and hairstylists of American can do to a man” the story immediately hit the headlines across America. For effect the well surfed tramp was positioned at the hotel lobby to shake hands with people as they came in for the convention. The gambit worked. The campaign was a success now the assistant hotel manager was bunched and decided to do something. He got the tramp a job, and waited for him to resume work. But the young man did not show up. What happened? The man was changed outwardly; inwardly he was the same old tramp so, he had gone back to his old sham lifestyle.

The barbers and hairstylists of America may change a man's interior, but until the man is changed inwardly, the change is the wrong type.

Dear reader, as a man thinks in his heart, so is he. A man cannot rise above the level of his thoughts “and do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

This verse simply states that we alter our lives only to the degree to which we alter our thoughts. Thoughts are powerful. Whether a man succeeds or fails; rises or falls [depends basically on the use of his mind']. A man's life will always move in the direction of his dormant thoughts. As a man thinks; so is he. As he continues to think so he remains. If a man thinks he is poor he'll remain poor, if he thinks things are difficult for him, they'll remain difficult, If he thinks anything is impossible for him, it'll remain difficult for him.

As long as a man thinks he is the victim of circumstances, he will be harassed by those circumstances. The moment he takes control of his mind and exercises his power to create new circumstances, he breaks free. Henry Ford said “whether you think you can, or think you can't you are right” think about that.

 Psychologists tell us we are literally what we think. Every measure of progress that man has experienced started from his mind. The airplane, the television, the radio, buildings, even landing on the moon started as a thought in people's minds.

My question to you today is what is on your mind? Are they thoughts of failure, or lack of impossibility, or fear or defeat? Are you worrying about one thing or the other?

We must break free from thoughts that will not move our lives forward. When we pray to God to change our circumstances, we must first learn to change our thoughts. It is when our progress agrees with our thoughts that our prayers are answered.

You do not pray and fast for you to print photography of yourself in attire, if you were a different one while taking the picture. All you have to do is to take a new snap. This is true of our country lording.

My dear readers let us begin to see our country as a righteous and prosperous nation. Let us begin to develop in our minds, new dreams for our lives. Our country cannot change until we change our thoughts and our attitude towards ourselves and others.