Fearless!

Fearlessness! I was inspired by speech given at my public speaking club last night. The speaker opened up by saying that 'Toastmasters' is about becoming fearless. Instantly my spirit resonated with that. That is essentially why I joined 'Toastmasters', because I want to become fearless. Fearlessness is not to be confused with unfounded self-confidence or hauthy pride, but by fearless, I really mean bold. By working on my public speaking skills I am becoming bolder and bolder. I can hear it in the way I talk to people, even in the way I play basketball.

This chimes well with the book I am reading nowadays for dailing inspiration, 'Succeed and grow rich through persuasion'. This book is completely staturated with the message of being bold and growing boldness by postive mental talk. Last night, while I was playing basketball, I came face to face with the power of postive thinking. I have long touted myself as a basketball player, but in reality I am not that good. I can sometimes appear to be good because I used practice at length, but alas by myself, which really doesn't count for much. But last night I stepped on the court with alot less fear and the consequence was that I played a much better game. There came a point in the match when I said to myself 'I am going to score the next basket', I was so resolute in my conviction that I did score the next basket. Truly the mind is the source of limitless power. It is through the mind that we acheive fearlessness.