Faith Is the Primary Power
Faith is the foundation on which all things are built.
There is a single mental quality that will determine a person’s fate in this life beyond any other: faith. I have no desire to suggest that the wants, beliefs, and imaginings of the mind transfer themselves into real-world outcomes. Rather, I wish only to contend that the sole linchpin of the psychological system at work in the human mind is faith.
If the most important virtues in personal efficacy are patience, persistence, confidence, gratitude, and self-control, we find that each of these are flowers on the tree of faith. The connection to patience is clear, for one is in no rush to obtain what they are certain will one day be granted to them. Persistence is just the same; we will not waver in our cause, unless we waver in our belief of its eventual success. We are directly made confident by a reassurance in the inevitability of the outcomes we seek. We are made grateful by a world that constantly cheers us on with a subtle suggestion, in both wind and light, that everything we want will in time be granted to us, and that on our journey as well we will receive daily delights. Finally, as to self-control, it is only when the distraction of doubt usurps the seat of command from our consciousness that we are unable to exert our power over the person-sized kingdom that is our due…
