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This Sunday’s book review is a classic: Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking.

The idea of positive thinking is not new. It was not new when Norman Peale wrote his book in 1952. I may mention some of the earlier books at some point. But this book put the whole notion that you can control your life by your attitude into the limelight. Mr. and Mrs. Peale both realized that you had to be positive in whatever situation you were in or you ran the risk of never rising above that situation.

Can you think of anyone who seems to be stuck in their life? Are they positive people? You may counter that they were positive until they ran into a string of ‘bad luck’. But how long did they hold on to that positive attitude when the ‘bad luck’ hit? I bet they soon let it go and became disillusioned, disappointed, humiliated, frustrated, and angry and started showing any number of negative traits. Mr. Peale addresses what to do when you are in personal problems and how to overcome the negative thoughts that abound at such times. We all have runs of hard times but that doesn’t mean you throw out the positive.

I must warn you that Mr. Peale does have a strong faith and talks much about the use of prayer. I have used prayer myself and had great results.

Even though this book was written almost 60 years ago (all of a sudden I feel old) it still contains great advice. This is the forerunner to the Law of Attraction craze and I highly recommend it for its down to earth methods of dealing with attracting happiness and abundance into your life.