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perfectfellthrough.AsMr.A.toldmesomeofthesituationswhich

hadarisen tocancel out his chanceto starthis owncompany, it

becameclearthatheneverreallybelievedthedaywouldcomewhen

hewould ownhisownplumbingbusiness.

"Istayedoptimisticrightfromthestart,eventhoughIalways

knewI'dneverreallyhavemyownbusiness. Isavedmymoney,I

mademyplans,Ifollowedthroughonthedealsandthen,justasI

knewitwould,atthelastminuteitalwaysfellthrough."
Johnwaspullingthegroundrightoutfromunderhimselfand
didn'tevenrealizeit.Canyouspotthenegativeattitudeslurkingin
John'swords?ThosenegativethoughtswereenoughtokeepJohn

exactly wherehefelthewouldalwaysbe—workingforsomeone

else. As longasJohnpersistedinthiswayofthinkingthere was

nothinganyonecoulddotochangehissituation.Hehadonebighope

andthatwastobecuredofhisnegativethinking.Hiswife,Gladys,
finallyconvincedhimthatthemiracleofmetaphysicalhealingof-
feredhimexactlywhatheneeded.Withhisnegativethinkingunder

control for the time being he paid me a visit to inquire about

metaphysicalhealingandacureofnegativethinking.

"Mindyounow,I'mnotsayingthatIamanegativethinker.

MywifeandsomeofmyfriendsseemtothinkIam,butasfarasI'm

concernedI'monlybeingrealistic.Goingaroundsmilinglikesome
kindofidiotwhenIknowthingsaren'tgoingtoworkoutsureisn't
goingtohelpmattersonebit."
JohnA.'scontroloverhisnegativethinkingwasslippingright

beforemyeyesandIhadtomakehimhearthenegativitywhichwas

alreadycreepingintohisspeech.

"Howcomeyou'realwayssosurethingswon'tworkout?"

(^4) itdoesn'ttakeanykindofgeniustofigurethatout.Afterall,
thingsneverhaveworkedout,whyshouldtheyworkoutnow?"
"John,haveyoueverconsideredthatjustbyexpectingyourself

tofailthatyouarecontributingtoyourownfailure?Howcanyou

expect otherpeopleto believe inyou when you don't believe in
yourself?"
John'sfaceregisteredsurprise,anditwasevidentthathewas

consideringthesefactsforthefirsttime.Wetalkedforanhourand

Johndecidedthathewouldgivethemiracleofmetaphysicalhealinga
chanceinhis lifebyusingthemiraculoustechniquesofenergized
mindtobreakhislosercycle. Heagreedtofollowthestep-by-step

methodoutlinedforhimandtokeepmeinformedastohisprogressin