The law of success is an ancient law that has been in existence from the beginning of time. Even before Napoleon Hill wrote the book ‘Think and Grow Rich’ another great and wise man had introduced us to the law of success. In the book of proverbs in the bible, King Solomon, the wisest King that ever lived made a very profound and powerful statement which is the basis of the law of success. He said in Proverbs 23:7 that

“As a man thinks in his heart so he is”

What is the law of success?

It is simply this: You are what you think and your thoughts today become your reality tomorrow.

You literally have the power to shape your life through your thoughts. Never underestimate the power of your thoughts, your thoughts control your destiny, the life you have is created by your thoughts.

Your marriage started as a thought in your mind.

Your business started as a thought in your mind.

Your career started as a thought in your mind.

As a matter of fact, everything that is in existence, every invention, every product, every service started off as a thought in someone’s mind.

The car you drive started as someone’s thought.

The clothes you wear started as someone’s thought.

The bed you sleep on started off as someone’s thought.

The television you watch started off as someone’s thought.

Your computer started off as someone’s thought.

Your iPod started off as someone’s thought.

If our thoughts then create our reality, it is therefore important that we learn to control our thoughts, so that we can use the power of our thoughts to create a positive and happy life for ourselves. Many people are not in control of their thoughts; they just allow their thoughts to run wild. They fill their minds with negativity and wonder why so many negative things are happening in their lives.

They allow people’s negative opinions to shape their thoughts.

They allow the failures of the past to shape their thoughts.

They allow the bad experiences of their past to shape their thoughts.

They can’t see anything good in themselves, they tell themselves that they can never achieve anything significant with their life, they can never see themselves making a success out of themselves and living a happy and prosperous life, they think that that kind of life is only reserved for a selected and privileged few, not realising that those so called selected and privileged few simply used the power if their thoughts to create the life they wanted.

What are the thoughts you have about yourself? Are they positive or negative?

When you look into the future in your mind’s eye, what do you see? The thoughts you have today will become tomorrow’s reality, that is the law of success.

Bill Gates once thought about a time when there would be a personal computer in every home. That thought has become a reality.

Michael Jackson at a young age once thought about recording the greatest album of all time, that thought became a reality.

Jack Canfield once thought about receiving a check/cheque for $100,000, that thought became a reality.

Michael Jordan thought about being a basketball player even when his coach didn’t pick him for the high school team, that thought became a reality.

The challenge with most people is that their daily thoughts are about just getting by, just making enough to keep up with the bills, just having a decent paying jobs; too many have average thoughts and as a result end up living an average life.

Most people only ever think about getting a college degree, then getting a good paying job, buying a house, getting married, buying a nice car, having a few kids and that’s it. Those thoughts then become their reality because that’s all they ever thought about. You can never achieve beyond that which you think of, because it is only when you think of it that you start to move towards it. You cannot arrive at a destination that you have never first of all thought about in your mind. Success starts in the mind.

The same power that creates an average life for one person is the same power that creates a wealthy, prosperous and abundant life for another person; it all depends on what they are thinking about. While some people think about building great empires and doing great things with their life, doing extra ordinary things, achieving that which others haven’t achieved, some other people never stretch their thoughts that far, they have been conditioned not to dream too big, not realising that every great achievement started as a dream, as a thought in someone’s mind.

The law of success is that those who dare to think big, those who dare to dream big will find themselves rising above and achieving far beyond those who don’t. Dreamers and big thinkers will always rule over those who choose to allow limiting thoughts to hinder what they are able to achieve.

You have the power to create prosperity, you have the power to create a happy marriage, you have the power to create a happy and fulfilling life for yourself, but until you begin to think about it and visualise it you will never achieve it because it is only when you see it that you will begin to take steps to fulfil it, it is when you see it and think about it that you will begin to see opportunities to make it happen.

If you can’t think it, it won’t come into your possession.

If you can’t think it, you can’t get it.

If you can’t think it, you can’t achieve it.

The law of success is so powerful that you can’t afford to fill your mind with negativity because you will literally bring into existence that which you think about. The reason many people experience so many bad things in their life is because they are always thinking about the worst, always pessimistic, always thinking about why they can’t make it, why their idea won’t work, why no one will invest in them, why nobody will ask them out for a date, they never see anything good happening to them so they never experience anything good happening to them.

A prominent character in the bible by the name of Job is an example of this. He once said that

“What I feared has come upon me, what I dreaded has happened to me” – Job 3:25

in order words, he allowed his negative thoughts to be his focal point, he focused too much on what could go wrong for him and he eventually experienced that, he filled his mind with fearful thoughts and those thoughts of negativity became his reality.

What you think about will become what you experience, that is the law of success, so if you’re smart you will be careful to choose what you think about and fill your mind with good things, possibilities, opportunities, success, abundance, see yourself wealthy, see yourself in abundance, see your marriage thriving, see your children doing well, see your business excelling, see yourself doing well in your career, see yourself excelling in your studies, choose to only think about good things happening to you, see yourself happy, fulfilled and satisfied and very soon you will create those thoughts and that will be your reality.

In fact there is another great quote in the bible that teaches us how to use the law of success in our favour so that it works for us and not against us. It can be found in the book of Philippians the fourth chapter and the eight verse and it says

“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things.”

Knowing that our thoughts are powerful, we are encouraged and challenged to only think about positive things, good things, and excellent things, thoughts that will bring a smile to your face and make you feel good about yourself.

Do you know that your thoughts also determine how you feel, if you are thinking about all the bad things that have ever happened to you, and all the people that have ever broken your heart and all the unfair things that have happened to you during the course of your life, the things that haven’t gone right for you, the missed opportunities, your failures etc, if you fill your mind with those things it won’t be long before you start to feel depressed. The reason so many people are battling with depression is because they focus and think too much about the bad stuff that has happened to them, they think about the things they want to achieve that haven’t yet happened, they see themselves as undeserving of love and as a result work themselves up into a depressed state.

Your thoughts not only create your life, but it creates how you feel about yourself and if you want to change how you feel about yourself and if you want to be less depressed then you need to change your thoughts and start thinking about good things, lovely things, pure things, admirable and excellent things.

Start to see yourself as someone of value, someone deserving of love, see yourself as someone who carries greatness and has great things to contribute to the world. Use your thoughts, to create how you want to feel and how you want to live.

The failure to control your thoughts is failure to control your life.

He that can control his thoughts will be in control of his life, and he that is in control of his life will be in control of his destiny.

Make sure that the law of success is working for you and not against you. Stay in control of your thoughts.

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