THE POWER OF POSITIVE LIVING
Everyday Psychology for Getting What You Want out of Life
Ask for It
IS IT GOOD? Is it just? Are you prepared for it? Then ask for it! Adopt the positive attitude, and ask for what you want from life.
Simple as it may seem, there is a positive quality of magic in this proposal. But be very careful what you ask for, since in all probability you will get it. Midas[1] asked for the golden touch and turned his beloved daughter into a golden image. On reflection, you will realize that you have asked for most of your triumphs(n.成功) and, through the very request, motivated their achievement.
Ask for it. But test it first. Is it good? Is it just? Are you equipped to have and hold and develop what you desire for good purposes?
Many of the richest rewards of life, material as well as spiritual, are never acquired simply because they aren’t asked for. It is because this principle is so simple that it is so frequently not even recognized, not put into daily practice. Yet it is a fundamental principle of life.
Babies know it. They get what they want by bellowing(v.吼叫) and no fooling（机警）. The trouble is that, with the mounting(v.增长) years, skepticism and other elements of negativism are born in us because of occasional defeats and frustrations.
