Why choose truth? - written by Andrea Scott

Your thoughts are the key to creating a successful life, to manifesting the life of your dreams. Your thoughts create emotions and then you make judgements about the situation calling it good or bad. As a result, you will take action based on how you feel.

For example, let's say that your partner of 15 years tells you that he has found someone else and he wants to break up. You might feel like your world fell apart, without. That is totally understandable; you may feel devastated. However the experience itself is neutral but your thoughts about this experience will determine your feelings and how you choose to act on it.

You could focus on feeling like a failure and a total reject. Your ego or false self would feed the feelings of rejection. Or you could accept your feelings and acknowledge the feelings of rejection. You could acknowledge feeling like it is the end of the world. Then you could choose to look at it from a different perspective.

What if you asked yourself powerful questions? Napoleon Hill said "Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit." What would happen if you asked yourself "What is the benefit that could develop from my partner leaving me?" Your True Self asks these questions. How would you feel as you ask questions like these? What solutions could you discover?

Let's look at a business situation. You've started an online business but things are moving slower than you hoped for. You've made a few sales but you haven't made as much money as you hoped. Your ego, your false self, says that "You are a failure. You'll never be successful in business." These thoughts run through your mind a lot as you focus on the appearance of failure.

What would happen if you asked yourself "What are the benefits of this situation?"What do you learn as your business grows slowly? You are an example for the people you mentor as you demonstrate other ways to handle challenges. What have you discovered about yourself? What if you shared your lessons on your blog?

Consciously choosing to concentrate on the truth of abundance and success in the midst of the "apparent poverty and scarcity" is challenging. In the Science of Getting Rich, Wallace Wattles states that "there is no labour from which most people shrinks as they do from that of sustained and consecutive thought. It is the hardest work in the world. This is especially true when truth is contrary to appearances."

He further emphasizes that "To think health when surrounded by the appearances of disease or to think riches when in the midst of the appearances of poverty requires power, but whoever acquires this power becomes a mastermind. That person can conquer fate and can have what he wants."

As Mr. Wallace asserts that the rewards of conscious thinking are great. As you focus on the truth of your success and abundance, you manifest success and prosperity. Envision yourself as a successful entrepreneur and you will manifest a thriving business and your dream life.