Believe You Can

It is firmness that makes the gods on our side. —Voltaire.

"There is so much power in faith," says Bulwer, "even when faith is applied but to things human and earthly, that let a man but be firmly persuaded that he is born to do some day, what at the moment seems impossible, and it is fifty to one but what he does it before he dies."

There is about as much chance of idleness and incapacity winning real success, or a high position in life, as there would be in producing a Paradise Lost by shaking up promiscuously the separate words of Webster's Dictionary, and letting them fall at random on the floor. Fortune smiles upon those who roll up their sleeves and put their shoulders to the wheel; upon men who are not afraid of dreary, dry, irksome drudgery, men of nerve and grit who do not turn aside for dirt and detail.

"Is there one whom difficulties dishearten?" asked John Hunter. "He will do little. Is there one who will conquer? That kind of a man never fails."

"Circumstances," says Milton, "have rarely favored famous men. They have fought their way to triumph through all sorts of opposing obstacles."

"We have a half belief," said Emerson, "that the person is possible who can counterpoise all other persons. We believe that there may be a man who is a match for events,—one who never found his match, against whom other men being dashed are broken, one who can give you any odds and beat you."

If losing weight is on your list for this year - or even for this month - believe you can. Take massive action towards your goal. Exercise and eating healthy foods are just the habits you need to achieve better health and fitness. Believe you really can build muscle and enjoy a slimmer, sexier body.

Do the work. Practice these two simple habits and you really can shed those extra pounds. Enjoy life more. You deserve to enjoy yourself. Just do it!

Stand firm, don't flutter. —Franklin.