"If You Think You Can - You're Probably Right"

Ever go over to the beach early in the morning and watch the sunrise? On purpose... to really soak it in? You know... get up while it's still dark - put some fresh coffee in a thermos - grab a bagel and a couple of chairs and head out in the pre-dawn quiet? If you haven't ever done it (or it's been way too long since the last time)... do it this week. Take someone with you, whom you really care about... sweetheart, friend, child. I mean no disrespect to the humanists among us, and I surely don't mean to preach, yet I just don't know how this can be done without experiencing the essence of... and the awesome comfort of... the power of God. And please don't tell me it's because of my innate weakness and inability to harness my human potential, etc. Blaise Pascal, the famous French mathematician and philosopher was to have said, "Inside every man is a God-shaped vacuum, waiting to be filled." Although, he did not say that exactly in his philosophical writings in Pensees, it is a great paraphrase of, "What else does this craving, and this helplessness, proclaim but that there was once in man a true happiness, of which all that now remains is the empty print and trace? This in vain he tries to fill with everything around him, seeking in things that are not there the help he cannot find in those that are, though none can help, since this infinite abyss can be filled only with an infinite and immutable object; in other words by God himself." Good stuff, indeed. Anyway, back to the sunrise... Go do it - and rather than "clearing your mind" and "relieving stress" and "communing with nature," etc... Go with an agenda. A simple one, but an agenda, nonetheless. Go with the knowledge and conviction that our attitude (about most anything) is most always a function of our choice. While the breeze is blowing and the surf is rolling in... and the sea birds are scavenging breakfast... and the salt air fills your lungs... and the sun finally breaks the horizon... think about the "One Thing" (kinda' like Jack Palance in City Slickers) that has been taxing you the most lately. It could be relational, financial, spiritual, professional... you know what it is better than I. Whatever it is, ask yourself how changing your attitude could improve the situation. Then, after the sun has risen, the coffee and bagel are gone, and the car is packed - "Flip the Switch" - Change and embrace the new attitude. Take it home with you. Click this link here and watch a short video: http://www.walkthetalk.com/the212movie.php?refsource=&campaign= Henry Ford said, "Whether you think you can, or you can't, you're probably right." Smart guy. This is simple and powerful. Try it.