Today while searching for a phone number, I came across a small notebook in which my father had copied thoughts he wanted to remember. Mouse-eaten pages held statements in his own script. The process of handwriting was not his strong suit; a teacher in his early grades forced him to write with his right hand when his left was more natural for him. Then, too, he was not usually given to express serious thinking, though he was a sterling person. Different colors of ink indicate that he wrote at different times. Interspersed with Bible verses were quotes from "The Power of Positive Thinking" by Norman Vincent Peal (1952). A sample:
The man who is self-reliant, positive and optimistic and undertakes his work with the assurance of success, magnetizes his condition. He draws to himself the creative powers of the universe.
If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
Forget those things which are behind, and reach forward to those things which are before you.
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
My father would have been 100 years old this month; he led a productive life until age 88. I feel as if I have had a visit with him once again.
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