And Thank You for One Boy’s Struggle. I’m telling everyone I meet to read it. In less than a week it’s been a turning point for our family so I’m glad you didn’t doubt for long and wrote it. Thank you for being brave. It was a gift to the world.

I read Napoleon Hill’s classic a few weeks ago and positivity they say is the secret of success. It’s the why and how a person doesn’t give up. There’s a daily mantra at the beginning of chapter 3. He makes the point that this can be as destructive as constructive so it’s best to choose goals wisely.

I don’t think positivity means anyone has to be blind to reality. It’s an inner light. It’s how you weeble and you wooble, but don’t fall down.

I use affirmations for just about everything, including my writing. There are few professions where you are in as much direct contact with your negative thinking as when you are writer. Fantastic stuff!

Lol, that’s okay, Sharron. It’s not being misused. I call it the Id 🙂 Freud’s ego moderator doesn’t work for me. You can call it wrong, though. 🙂 still works.

 Hmm.  Well, I really don’t think it’s “splitting hairs.”  Isn’t it important to use words correctly?  (I am aware that this is not a popular stance on the internet.)  As a psychologist, I shudder when people appropriate psychological terms and misuse them.  I don’t want to fight, just to clarify.  And, I love you anyway.

Hi Sharron, yes and no. I had thought about including a short disclaimer about the I’d, ego and superego, but then thought why split hairs. I interpret the Id as I described but others consider this more the ego’s role. That’s okay, it works out the same 🙂