Worried Himself To Death

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Today will post an extract from a book I have been reading. (THE SUCCESS PRINCIPLES How to get from where you are to where you want to be by Jack Canfield). I hope you learn a lot from this as I have.

WORRIED HIMSELF TO DEATH

Nick Sitzman was a strong, healthy and ambitious young railroad yardman. He had a reputation as a diligent hard worker and had a loving wife and two children and many friends. One summer day, the train crews were informed that they could quit an hour early in honor of foreman's birthday. While performing one last check on some of the railroad cars, Nick was accidentally locked in a refrigerator boxcar. When he realized that the rest of the workmen had already left the site, Nick began to panic.

He banged and shouted while his fist were bloody and his voice was hoarse, but no one heard him. With his knowledge of "the numbers and the facts", he predicted the temperature to be zero degrees. Nick's thought was if I can't get out, I'll freeze to death in here. Wanting to let his wife and family know exactly what had happened to him, Nick found a knife and began to etch words on the wooden floor. He wrote, "it's so cold, my body is getting numb. If I could just go to sleep. These may be my last words".

The next morning, the crew slid open the heavy door of the boxcar and found Nick dead. An autopsy revealed that every physical sign of his body indicated he had froze to death. And yet the refrigerator unit of the car was inoperative, and the temperature inside indicated 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Nick had killed himself by the power of his own thoughts.

You, too, if you are not careful, can kill yourself with your limiting thoughts-not all at once like Nick Sitzman, but little by little, day after day, until you have slowly deadened your natural ability to achieve your dreams.

Notez Bien: when I read this story it spoke to me. This is me for I worry a lot. Why did Nick Sitzman worry himself to death, leaving his wife and kids behind?

Newly added Goal: " stop worrying about everything, for, most at times they all fall into place at the end of the day".

Ciao.

Hello

Hello everyone its been a while we had a good chat. How r u? I hope good. Hmmm last week had been a hectic week for me good excuse why i didn't blog...loll. Despite the hectic schedule I had fun...

Sunday was very interesting for me for I had two invites one for a 1 year old birthday party and the other a friend's party. Oh my my friend Mandy does cook very well. I was tempted to take a second helping, anyway I didn't take though, but wished I did..

Enough of my gisting..

I have to take my leave for u will not believe it, I am feeling very sleepy this afternoon...loll..Oh my God I hope I don't become lazy..

Do take care of yourself and have a lovely week ahead.

Ciao.

P.s: " please join me to read a book a week. its good for your soul"

Note: " You are the same today as you'll be in 5 years except for two things, the books your read & the people you meet", Charles "Tremendous" Jones.

Book Review Continues

IMAGINATION.... "The workshop of the mind"

It is a common saying that if you can imagine it, if you can visualize it, then you can achieve it. Guess what we are back to the power of the mind and faith...loll....

What I Will Do If I Had a Million Dollars.....

A true story about a beloved educator and clergy man, late Frank W. Gunsaulus who began his preaching career in the stockyards region of Chicago. While Frank W. Gunsaulus was going through college he observed many defects in the educational system, so he envisioned, imagined, made up his mind to have a college where he would be the head and he can change the educational system, without being handicapped by orthodox methods of education. Good idea, and a well thought out plan, but he had one hurdle he needed a million dollars for his project. Where was he going to get that money? This was his question, every day. Every night he went to bed thinking of how to accomplish his plans. He took it with him wherever he went.. He imagined it every time he had then opportunity, he was obsessed by it.

Gunsaulus realized that definiteness of purpose is the starting point from which one must begin. He recognized, too, that definiteness of purpose takes on animation, life, purpose when backed by a burning desire to translate that purpose into its material equivalent.

Knowing that in truth there was no way he was going to get that money. The natural proceedure will be for him to quit.......oh well its a good idea but you have to just leave it alone, but he didn't. He set out to preach a sermon the following morning entitled... " What I Would Do If I Had A Million Dollars". For him it wasn't hard for he had spent almost 2 years thinking, imagining, envisioning his dream. The next day he went into the bathroom, read the sermon, then knelt on his knees and asked that the sermon might come to the attention of someone who would supply the needed money. While praying he had the assurance that his request will come through. In his excitement he forgot his sermon, and didn't realize the oversight until he was on the pulpit. It was too late to go and get the sermon papers........his subconscious mind came into action. He closed his eyes and spoke from his heart and soul of his dreams. According to him he not only talked to his audience, but he fancied he talked also to God. He described the plans he had for the school. A school where young people would learn to do pratical things, and at the same time develop their minds.

After his sermon a man walked up the pulpit and said, " Reverend, I liked your sermon. I believe you can do everything you said you would, if you had a million dollars. To prove that I believe in you and your sermon, if you will come to my office tomorrow morning, I will give you the million dollars. My name is Phillip D. Armour.

Gunsaulus went to Mr Amour's office and the million dollars was presented to him. With the money he founded the Armour Institute of Technology, now known as IIIinois Instutute of Technology....

Note this: " Gunsaulus got the million dollars within thirty-six hours after he reached a definite decision. "Imagination, visualization + definiteness = Goals or dreams achieved...

Do have a nice week and remember everything you set your heart to do is possible...Anyone can do anything, become anything either good or bad.....

Ciao....

Book Review Continues

Hello everyone, a big shout out to our new members, happy to have you on board the secretlilies ship. I hope and pray that you will love it.....

Before I start the book review, you can never guess what happened to me. I woke up this morning, went straight to my blog and vamp, started writing, finished examined my work and loved it, clicked the publish post button and watched my post disappear due to network problem.... Well I am back again, nobody stopping me from blogging.....

For our new members the book I am reviewing : " THINK & GROW RICH by Napoleon Hill. For those of us in Lagos you can get it in Laterna ventures, Victoria Island for #1,200 and they even do home delivery, so you can call and order. Do check their website for more details. For those of us out of Nigeria we can get the book on Amazon or Barnes & Nobles.

"Last time if you recall I talked about The MIND. Today it will be about FAITH. Although FAITH & MIND have almost the same kind of qualities they are different in their own way, but intertwined.

"Faith is the head chemist of the mind. When faith is blended with thoughts, the subconscious mind instantly picks up the vibration, translates it into its spiritual equivalent, and transmits it to infinite intelligence, as in the case of prayer.

Faith is a state of mind which you may have to develop at will, after you have mastered the thirteen principles, because it is a state of mind which develops voluntarily, through application and use of these principles.... like....repetition..

Repetition of affirmation of orders to your subconscious mind is the only known method of voluntary development of the emotion of faith.

A mind dominated by positive emotions, becomes a favorable abode for the state of mind known as faith. A mind so dominated may, at will, give the subconscious mind instructions, which it will accept and act upon immediately. Even the bible says if you have faith as small as a mustard seed you can move mountains. Faith is a very powerful tool that a lot of us do not have. We have to cultivate it, if we want to be rich, famous, excel in whatever area we find ourselves.

How many of us as children did our parents have faith in our dreams even though they hadn't seen it? How many of us have faith in our selves, our loves ones, our partners, our friends? How many of us have faith in our country? Faith so small yet so powerful...

Have faith in yourself: faith is the infinite.

Faith is the eternal elixir which gives life, power and actions to the impulse of thought.

Faith is the starting point of all accumulation of riches.

Faith is the basis of all miracles and all mysteries which cannot be analyzed by the rules of science.

Faith is the only known antidote for failure.

Faith is the element, the chemical which, when mixed with prayer, gives one direct communication with infinite intelligence.

Faith is the element which transforms the ordinary vibration of thoughts, created by the finite mind of man, into spiritual equivalent.

Faith is the only agency through which the cosmic force of infinite intelligence can be harnessed and used by man.

Whoa FAITH is mind blowing.... It is time for us to develop our faith....

TO BE CONTINUED........

Stylish and VersatileBlogger Award

Hello everyone I have been patiently waiting for my friends to teach me how to link stuff but they still haven't gotten back to me. So I will just go ahead and do it the old fashioned way.

First of all I will like to say thank you to P.E.T. Projects, Prism of an immigrant, Yankeenaijababe for nominating me for the stylish and versatile blogger award. I am so honored and excited. I know I can remember thinking to myself when I saw the award that oh I wish I can get nominated and here I am a nominee....

Thank you people, I really appreciate.

Now 7 things about me

1. I am the first born out of 5 kids and I am the smallest in size, so a lot of people think I am the last.

2. Never liked french until I almost failed out in my 2nd year of uni, then I realized that hey girl your stuck with this and you have to make the best of out it...That's how I learnt how to speak, write and read french.

3. I know I am in love

4. I don't like to gain weight.

5. Strictly dreaming about my interview with Oprah and tyra Banks, I hope I get it.

6. Used to be bothered about my small boobs...

7. I love God...

I don't know if I know up to 15 blogs to recommend as a lot of them have already been given the award, but will mention the few I will like to nominate....

9jaspititout.blogspot.com

Diaryofadesperatenaijawoman.blogspot.com

Zouzousmuses.blogspot.com

learningtoheal-walk2write.blogspot.com

amadee-theladybird.blogspot.com

stylishedforever.blogspot.com

houseofnodza.blogspot.com

I think this all...thank you and will chat later.

Happy Birthday Dear Friend

Hello everyone, sorry I haven't written 7 things about myself and all the things attributed to the award.. The thing is that you will not believe it and please don't laugh at me...I don't know how to link anything or anyone to my blog. I have been cracking my brain since and everyone I have asked can't find the time to teach me. So I just have to wait. But will do that asap.

Being away from my blog doesn't go well with me...I think I am getting addicted to blogging...

Don't worry the book review still continues...for there are still more details to be told..

One of the things that made me blog today: "the birthday of my dear best friend".

If you recall a while ago I wrote a letter to a friend of mine that died. If she was still alive, today would have been her birthday and she would have been 27 years. I remember it and I feel so sad, with tears in my eyes I still remember her as though I chatted with her yesterday. Words can't describe how I feel but I just want to say

"Fubby my dear friend, you will never be forgotten, may your soul rest in perfect peace

Signed Ibifiri Mobolaji-Kamson

Book Review Begins

Hello everyone and whats up? for the next 1 week or 2 I will be taking extracts from the book "THINK & GROW RICH" by Napoleon Hill... I have never done a review before but I hope this will be of good benefit to you and it will prompt you to go get the book.......

"Whatever THE MIND OF MAN can CONCEIVE and BELIEVE it can ACHIEVE"......

This is a phrase I have heard for a long time, but I have discovered that it is so hard for people to really use this weapon (THE MIND) for their advantage..

The mind is only always used for disadvantage....almost 70% of the people I have meet along my journey through life, have the mentality that everything is impossible. For everything that is asked or every task given the first thing that comes out of their mouths: " its impossible"...

They said it was impossible to go to the moon, people do it now and regularly. They said it was impossible to fly, check the statistics at least I know that British Airways benefits a lot from Nigerians who fly in and out of Nigeria everyday. They told Henry Ford that it was impossible but he didn't believe it..He saw in his mind what he wanted to see "possibilities". Henry Ford was a success, because he understood and applied the principle of success, which is knowing what you want and seeing it in your mind....

When Edwin C. Barnes climbed down from the freight train all he had was nothing but the belief that he was going to become a business associate of the great inventor Edison.....

If we read through we will discover that through perseverance and patience, he became what he desired, when the opportunity arose... "The author calls him the man who thought his way into partnership with THOMAS A. EDISON

N/B: " One problem a lot of people face is that they don't know what they want in life. If you don't know what you want in life how can you succeed? How can you see yourself being the CEO of a company?

Nobody can see past what you let them see...So it's time my dears....change your thinking.....

Trust me you can be the best in everything and anything you set your heart to do...

Chapter 1: "Thoughts are Things"

TO BE CONTINUED........