FIVE MINUTES CAN CHANGEYOUR LIFE

I h a v e a s k e d y o u b e f o r e a n d I a s k y o u a g a i n t o give yourself five minutes of the day to walk into aroom in your mind. Of course, this is an imaginaryroom. You should imagine you are sitting in a chaira n d a s y o u l o o k o u t s i d e t h e w i n d o w , y o u s e e a geyser letting off steam. This is a symbol for youto let go of the tensions that h a v e o p p r e s s e d y o u during the day.Y o u m u s t t a k e s t o c k o f yourself. You have assetsand liabilities. Your liabilities are fear, l o n e l i n e s s , resentment, and uncertainty. Your assets are faith,understanding, compassion, self-respect.Y o u r liabilities, the destructive emotions, are the d e a d l y p o i s o n s t h a t i n f e c t y o u w i t h i n . T h e y disfigure your self-image. Your never-ending doubto r f e a r i s a n e v e r e n d i n g s p a s m , c o r r o s i o n , a never-ending p a r a l y s i s . Y o u r r e s e n t m e n t m a y abuse someone else but will abuse you most of all.O n t h e o t h e r h a n d , t h e a s s e t s o f y o u r b u i l t - i n success mechanism e n h a n c e n o t o n l y s o m e o n e elses image but also your own.

A S T O L S T O Y P U T I T , F A I T H I S T H E F O R C E O F L I F E . S P E N D F I V E M I N U T E S A D A Y F I N D I N G O U T W H O Y O U A R E .D I S C O V E R T H A T Y O U R A S S E T S A R E T H E R E F O R Y O U TO USE ,THAT YOU HAVE A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO DO SO. LETTHE IMPROVEMENT OF YOUR SELF-IMAGE FIVE MINUTES A DAY BE YOUR PERSONAL FAITH IN YOUR WORTH , URGINGYOU TO RISE TO YOUR FULL STATURE OF DIGNITY TO BECOMETHE BIG YOU THE YOU THAT YOU REALLY ARE. MAKE THISYOUR DAILY GOAL FOR AS LONG AS YOU LIVE: TO CHANGEYOUR LIFE F OR THE BETTER . ( M A X W E L L M A L T Z , "T H O U G H T S T O L I V E B Y ", 1 97 5 )