They said that some people go through life wallowing in self-pity and negativism which locks them into a life long pity party. Other people choose to be possibility thinkers. They see potential around every corner and refuse to be held captive by defeat and failure. These possibility thinkers are like a ray of sunshine to people who are struggling to escape the rut of self-pity and negativism. Now and Maxwell Maltz's Psycho-Cybernetics.
Belief releases creative powers.
Disbelief put the brakes on. There was something about those words that sounded almost true to me. But my theological training told me that the words bordered on the Christian Science Cult, a modern form of humanism. That famous plastic surgeon, Maxwell Maltz in his book, Psycho-Cybernetics made this significant observation. There must be some grounds, some justification, some reason for deciding that the old picture of self is in error and that a new picture is appropriate.