The Power of the Mind...(By Bianca Lynnette)

How many of you were told as a child, “You can be anything you want to be!”? This statement is so very true.  We underestimate the power of the mind and the fact that we ultimately are in control of our own fate. How many times have you been superseded by someone that had a more positive outlook on the situation than what you had yourself?  To be honest this method begins at a very young age.  Take a look at a child that has uplifting parents; parents that tell their children at the age of 3 that they can do anything as long as they put their minds to it, and they kept that mind set throughout their lives.  Then look at a child who’s parents believed in the “try once then give up” method; pretty much cutting off the fulfillment of their dreams because the child then becomes immune to giving up.  In actuality it’s not about having the most money, or what neighborhood you came from, all of those are just means for motivation; it’s all in the power of the mind.  If you have a sales job and you tell yourself in the morning you are going to make 10 sales that day and you mean it, guaranteed you are going to make 10 sales that day! For one, by looking yourself in the mirror and saying so kind of makes you feel like you are making a commitment to yourself, and just that alone will give you the motivation to succeed…who what’s to feel like they failed themselves?  Second of all, you have to learn to speak life into yourself.  Build yourself up every day, that’s where your power comes from as well.  Every morning when I wake, the first thing I do is thank God for waking me up, before leaving my bed I pray for divine favor, wisdom, peace, strength and provision, then I go into the bathroom and look at myself in the mirror and tell myself I am and I will be!! Meaning I am anything I say I am and I will be successful at whatever it is that I put my all into.  If you wake up in the morning with that old yeah yeah type of attitude and your placing your day solely on a hope or a maybe, unfortunately you may not get that far.  You have to know that you know and be confident in it.  Last but not least, you can’t really consider it, “The power of the mind” unless you install some powerful things into it!  Reading up on different topics and educating yourself, reading your inspirational and keeping up with your daily word all contributes to building up your powerful mind.  Believing in yourself and setting your mind to a positive state will get you so much further in life than you could ever imagine!  As they say in the NAACP…”A mind is a Terrible thing to waste”. –Bianca Lynnette