Creating A Monster

Most of us have seen the 1931 film, Frankenstein with Boris Karloff.  After all, it is a classic!  The film is based on the book of the same name by Mary Shelley.  May I also add, the move is little like the book so I suggest you read the book, it is well worth it?  In the movie, Dr. Victor Frankenstein builds a man by using the body parts of the dead he is able to find.  That however is not was really creates the monster.  The monster if created when Frankenstein’s assistant, Fritz, brings back the brain of a criminal rather than a good brain.  In was not the composite body that was the problem, it was the brain that made the monster.

In each of us is a struggle between the good brain and the monster brain.  It is the power of positive thinking and the power of negative thinking.  Positive people are those who believe that there are good things ahead and every problem they face has an answer somewhere.  While negative people think that things will only get worse and that the problems they face are the fault of others and they are just victims of the world.  The odd thing is, both are right.

Success-minded people have learned that we create our world by the way we think.  If you believe that you have a charmed life, you will live like one with a charmed life.  If you believe you are a victim, you will live as a victim.  Both kinds of people live in the same world and see the same things around them; but, in the words of Henry David Thoreau, “It is not what you look at the matters, it’s what you see.”

Here is the good news, unlike Frankenstein, you have a choice about the brain you use.  It is up to you if you are going to be positive or negative.  Positive people do not ignore the bad in the world.  In fact, positive people are the most realistic people there are.  They see the evil that is out there, the problems and difficulties.  The difference is they choose to believe they are bigger, better and brighter than the problems in the world.  They know that if they have a choice (and they do) to believe the best or the worst, they choose the best every time.

Think about it.  What does being negative get you in the end?  You feel lost, frustrated, and defeated all the time.  What good is that?  Why surrender when you can stand and fight?  The fight is always more exciting and in the end, you just may win.

Zig Ziglar said, “Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.”  It does not mean you will not face problems, but with positive thinking you will also find solutions.  It does not mean you will not get knocked down now and then, but with positive thinking you know you will get back up and go on.  Negative thinking robs you of the ability to win.  Why face defeat when you have the power to choose what you will do and how you will respond to your life.

The choice is yours.  You can be positive, with all the fun and hope for tomorrow you can handle.  Or, you can be negative where you lose the game before it even gets interesting.  Choose wisely.  You are the one who has to live with it.

To discover how you can achieve the dream you have believed was impossible for too long, read On The Journey To Achievement by John Patrick Hickey.  You can get a signed copy for yourself and get one for a friend, by going to http://www.johnpatrickhickey.com/it-is-good-to-set-goals-better-to-achieve-then/.  Now available on Kindle, Oops! Did I Really Post That? Online Etiquette in the Digital Age by John Patrick Hickey.

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