There was a wise old man who could solve every person’s problem. No matter what their problems were, the man could give helpful yet powerful answers, suggestions, advice or wisdoms. And people were very satisfied by his way to solve it. Soon, the man became very famous due to his ability to solve problems. And one day there is a boy who had heard about him came to visit and expected to get some advice from him.
And after the boy met the wise man and having a little slight conversation, the boy gave a question to him, “I heard from many people that you can help everyone to get out of their trouble, and I want to ask for your advice or suggestion to my question I’m about to ask you.” And the man said, “Please!” And soon he asked, “My question is quite simple, I want to be a successful person, but sometimes I’m in powerful state and be positive, and in the other side, I sometimes think and believe that I cannot achieve my success. Can you give some advice for me how to overcome that?”
After listening to the boy’s question, the wise man stopped for some moments to think and absorb what the boy had just said. And then the man began to talk. He said, “Let me give you an illustration. There are always two types of snakes within you and all people. The first type is the non-poisonous and kind snake. It is not dangerous. And the second type is very wild and poisonous snake. It is very dangerous. If we do not feed the first snake, the non-poisonous snake, it will not strike or attack us because it is not dangerous. However if we do not or forget to feed the wild snake, it will attack you. And of course, it is dangerous for you because it is poisonous. The only way to prevent it attacking you is to feed him whenever it is hungry. The non-poisonous snake won’t attack you while it is hungry, so it will be sick and then die if it does not eat for long.” After listening the man’s illustration, he asked again, “So, if the both snakes fight and attack each other, who will be the winner?” The wise man answered, “Yes. Very good question. The snake who will be the winner is the snake we always feed. And do you know what the snakes within you are? They are your thought, and what you are thinking about will be your snake.” And then the wise man closed the conversation.
Message for readers:
Yes, what the wise man said on the story above is correct. Your thought can be illustrated by two types of snakes. Your positive thought is your non-poisonous kind snake and your negative thought is your poisonous snake. Let me ask you a question. Do you always think about positive things or do you always think frequently about negative things. There are so many people think about negative things in their life. They do not know the danger of thinking negative. If you frequently think in negative ways or think about what you do not want: poverty, sadness, pain etc, it means that you have awaken the dangerous snake within you. This snake (negative thinking) will always attack you and hinder your ways to success you dream of if you do not give it enough food. And the food is your positive thinking. If you give food (positive thinking) to the snake (negative thinking), it will not harm you. But what happen if you never or seldom think positive or think what you want: success, fame, wealth, health, happiness etc? The snake will be sick and die. It means that your power of positive thinking will be weaker and weaker and then disappear and finally your mind will be ruled by negative thinking.
The positive thinking can also be illustrated by a beautiful garden. If you always treat it properly and plant beautiful plants or flowers, it will be a very beautiful and good-looking garden. If you leave it and don’t manage it, the grass or other intruder plants will grow up and make your garden become bad-looking. So many people are confined and ruled by their own negative thinking. It is very dangerous because it will spread the negative virus within you. And your success is so far from your reach. What you think, act, feel or talk, you will do that in a negative ways. Your thought is very valuable. Don’t leave it unemployed. There are no successful persons that always think in negative ways. And the fact is that the positive thinking is hundreds of times more powerful and stronger than the negative thought. What you are today is the results of what you have thought in the past. If you want success, think about success in a positive way. If you want something negative come to you, think about it. All depend on your thought and what you frequently think about.
Tips: For the next days, let yourself think positively. Think about something you want. Example: success, wealth, health, good relationship, happiness or else. Always give your mind with the positive thinking. Don’t give attention or think about what you do not want. Example: I don’t want live in poverty, I don’t want to be sick, sad or else. You see they contain negative words that can endanger you.
Every time you think about negative things, change it into positive way. Example: if you think about not having much money, change it by thinking about having a lot of money. It makes you feel better and more positive, isn’t it?
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