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The Power of Commitment By Tony Mase
Not long ago, a young friend wrote me saying something like
this...
"Hi Tony, I wanted to share a quote with you."
"You're probably already familiar with it, but, in case
you're not, I think you'll like it because it's similar to
one of your favorite quotes by Wallace D. Wattles."
"Here it is:"
"Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to
draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of
initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the
ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans:
that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then
providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from
the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of
unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance,
which no man could have dreamt would have come his way."
"I learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets:"
"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness
has genius, power and magic in it!"
I was already familiar with this quote by W. H. Murray
(William Hutchinson Murray, 1913-1996) from his 1951 book
entitled "The Scottish Himalayan Expedition", but, until my
young friend's email, I'd long forgotten just how good it
was.
Did you ever wonder why most people don't get what they want
(and, quite frankly, most people don't!)?
Well...
I'll tell you why...
I'll tell you *exactly* why...
Most people don't get what they want because they've never
made a *firm decision* as to *exactly* what it is that they
want.
In other words...
They don't *really* know what they want.
They may think they do...
But...
The bottom line is...
They don't!
And...
Out of the very few who've made a *firm decision* as to
*exactly* what it is that they want...
Even fewer...
Only a tiny handful...
Have *committed* themselves to getting it by *beginning* to
move toward what they want...
Thus...
Tapping into the power within themselves...
The power that causes, as W. H. Murray wrote:
"A whole stream of events issues... raising in one's favor
all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material
assistance..."
Of all that Wallace D. Wattles wrote, there's one passage,
the one my young friend was referring to, that I refer to
more than all the others combined. I've quoted it or from it
in my replies to hundreds of questions. It forms the very
"core" of my personal philosophy.
Here it is...
It comes from his book "The Science of Being Great":
"Have perfect faith in yourself and in your ability to cope
with any combination of circumstances that may arise. Do not
be disturbed if you are alone; if you need friends they will
come to you at the right time. Do not be disturbed if you
feel that you are ignorant; the information that you need
will be furnished you when it is time for you to have it.
That which is in you impelling you forward is in the things
and people you need, impelling them toward you. If there is
a particular man you need to know, he will be introduced to
you; if there is a particular book you need to read it will
be placed in your hands at the right time. All the knowledge
you need will come to you from both external and internal
sources. Your information and your talents will always be
equal to the requirements of the occasion. Remember that
Jesus told his disciples not to worry as to what they would
say when brought before the judges; he knew that the power
in them would be sufficient for the needs of the hour."
That very same power is in you!
So...
"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness
has genius, power and magic in it!"
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Tony Mase is a serious student of the works of Wallace D.
Wattles and the publisher of "The Science of Abundant Life"
ebook by Wallace D. Wattles...
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