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Believing you can!

I came across this inspiring message and thought it would be great to pass it on:

Believing you can

by Will Craig

A young man fell asleep during maths class. He woke up as the bell rang, looked at the blackboard and copied down the two problems that were there. He assumed they were the homework for the night. He went home and laboured the rest of the afternoon and into the evening knowing if he didn't complete the work he would surely fail the class.
He couldn't figure out either one but he kept on trying for the rest of the week. Finally he got the answer to one and brought it to class. The teacher was absolutely stunned. The boy feared he had done too little too late. It turned out the problem he solved was supposedly unsolvable.
How did he do it? He was able to do what was thought to be impossible because he believed it was possible. He not only believed it was possible, he believed that if he didn't solve it he would fail the class. Had he known the problem was unsolvable he would never have done it.
Beliefs are the commanders of our brain. When we believe something is true we literally go into the state of it's being true. Handled effectively beliefs can be the most powerful forces for creating good in our lives.