'The secret of success' is a self-fulfilling prophecy, then.
[Billy grins, giving Teddy a bit of a nudge from below. The help with the book is appreciated, and now that he doesn't have to focus so much on balance, he starts reading a passage.]
"The majority of us have little or no conception of the reserve mental energies and forces contained within our being. We jog along at our customary gait, thinking that we are doing our best and getting all out of life that there is in it - think we are expressing ourselves to our utmost capacity. But we are living only in the first-wind mental state, and behind our working mentality are stores of wonderful mental energy and power - faculties lying dormant - power lying latent - awaiting the magic command of the Will in order to awaken into activity and outward expression."
[...God, he forgot how much this author loved his run-ons. The material itself resonates pretty well, though.]
[Action, May 6th]
[Billy grins, giving Teddy a bit of a nudge from below. The help with the book is appreciated, and now that he doesn't have to focus so much on balance, he starts reading a passage.]
"The majority of us have little or no conception of the reserve mental energies and forces contained within our being. We jog along at our customary gait, thinking that we are doing our best and getting all out of life that there is in it - think we are expressing ourselves to our utmost capacity. But we are living only in the first-wind mental state, and behind our working mentality are stores of wonderful mental energy and power - faculties lying dormant - power lying latent - awaiting the magic command of the Will in order to awaken into activity and outward expression."
[...God, he forgot how much this author loved his run-ons. The material itself resonates pretty well, though.]