«The best we have to believe is the truth.» (William James is the father of modern psychology).
WHO IS HOLDING YOUR LUCK?
Did you have big dreams and plans in your childhood, youth, writing books or painting, starting your own business or engaging in other creativity, art, science and education? probably most of us have. and if we are honest with ourselves, most of us dream about those dreams and goals without being able to realize them. but we can justify our sacrifice by saying that I have other jobs and chores. «I would be happy to write a novel, but I have to do my job, otherwise who will support the family?». «It would be good to draw a picture, but my eyesight is bad.» «You could do science, but nobody needs science in our country.»
«When I was a child, I used to play the tambourine strongly, then I gave it up, I forgot it when I grew up, my hand doesn’t work» we invent empty excuses to justify ourselves completely:
Think for a minute about Gaius Julius Caesar. Did you know that Caesar wrote his notes at night, under a tent, while the entire Roman army slept, he would sleep very little at night, write a lot, and the next morning he would lead his soldiers into battle.
Did you know that George Frideric Handel wrote some of his best music after the doctors told him he had a serious illness? And Beethoven continued to write music even after he became completely deaf.
Have you ever wondered how the three great poets – Homer, Milton, and Dante – were blind?
Think of Hannibal Barca and Lord Nelson: the greatest commanders in history, they had only one eye. Well, Francis Joseph Campbell, blind in both eyes, was an outstanding mathematician and musician.
Do not feel that you are bound by something and do not limit yourself: «No, not only with my capabilities, but also with my circumstances.» I will never be like them.» I’m not telling you to be like them, but you have to untangle the strings of your brain and go beyond the limitations of your mind.
Think of daniel defoe, author of the world famous robinson crusoe: he wrote his book while in prison. John Bunyan, while behind bars for his religious activities, wrote The Pilgrim’s Journey, one of the most important works of English religious literature. Luther translated the «Bible» while sitting in the Wartburg Castle. The Italian poet, thinker, theologian Dante continued his works even though he was in exile for twenty years and died there, and «Don Quixote», one of the most famous and great works of world literature, was written by the Spanish writer Cervantes in Madrid prison.