October 9, 2019
Negative-self talk was slowly destroying me, eating away at my self-confidence and self esteem. A very long time ago, though it seems like yesterday, my grade 6 teacher introduced me to Walter Wintle’s belief in the power of positive thinking:
If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don’t
If you like to win, but think you can’t
It’s almost a cinch you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost,
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow’s will,
It’s all in the state of mind.
If you think you are outclassed, you are,
You’ve got to think high to rise,
You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.
Life’s battle don’t always go
To the stronger and faster man,
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.
