Show I The Th e American A W Way a ay y l How w To Do The Impossible V i h s By Dr Norman Vincent Peale Editors Editor's Note Dr Peale is minister of historic l Marble le Collegiate Church on Fifth Ave New Nei v York City It was a tense moment in a critical world series game t It waS vas the fifth ift 1 inning the score tied four to four One of I I. I th the eo greatest pitchers in In the game was vas on the m mound for Chu Chicago go At the plate plate stood the mightiest st bats batsman man of all time Babe abe Ruth The pitcher did not fear hi him m too much this time fo for r h he e had hit a home run in the first inning an and d surely that 7 was the only home run he had in his system for that day The crowds cheered and the Cubs jeered i 1 The pitcher put one straight across the plate Babe Ruth held up one finger of derision Straight as an arrow the S second ball came whizzing across the plate Babe Ruth held JJ pp two fingers of derision Pandemonium reigned Was Was' it possible that like the mighty Casey he would strike out in inthis this s crisis Suddenly the most contemptuous an and d audacious s thing was done by the batter He raised his finger and pointed points point point- e ed d straight across the fence to indicate where he pr proposed to to hit the ball But the pitcher too was contemptuous s. s He Went into his windup and the ball came whistling straight a across Cross the plate There was a sharp crack and in a beautiful I arc the ball sailed straight and true just where he had pointed I over the fence It was an electric moment an unforgettable episode in the history of American sport But that's not the most important point in this story After the game somebody asked Babe Ruth But suppose you had missed that final strike A look of surprise came over the Babes Babe's face Why he said I never even thought of such a thing Which is precisely the reason he did not miss that ball Here Herel is illustrated one of the profound laws of human r nature namely when you take into your mind the thought of impossibility you create the conditions co of impossibility Prior to the taking of such a thought your entire being body mind and spirit works as a powerful positive for forces es of the universe flow through you You are a coordinated ordin co symphony of tremendous power But when you change the case and slant of your mind so that you hold the idea that I something is impossible you block yourself to the flow v of this thi I power The fine balance is lost You become rigid In the case of a baseball player his timing is interfered with just enough to make the fraction of a difference whereby the bat I will pass above or below belov the ball rather than meet it squarely d' d Similarly in the circumstances of your life the easy demonstration demonstration demonstration demon demon- of power will vill be lacking The idea of the impossible has bas gotten into your mind Nothing is more tragic Successful Success Success- ful living depends upon eliminating negative thoughts I In Christianity among other blessings is a mechanism for Jor For making the impossible easy It says If you have faith fait h I I even as a grain of mustard seed nothing shall be impossible l' l jInto into you Again Aga Jt it says I C can F do t all things through Jesus Jesus' I. I C Christ rist who me the strength And again it says With I. I men this is impossible but with God all things are possible The army engineers corps has a motto The difficult f ve we do immediately the impossible takes a little longer God and you form an invincible combination Make that the dominating dom dom- mating bating thought of your mind God and you are undefeatable then things which heretofore you counted impossibilities I. I will become easy and victory will crown your efforts This Thio sounds extravagant but it makes no difference how v it sounds it is the truth and it works when you believe and practice it P 1 |