The “Act as if” Principle

THANK YOU, GOD, THAT I AM ABLE TO FULFILL MY HEART’S DESIRE AND BE THE PERSON YOU WANT ME TO BE.

You can manifest joy, enthusiasm, confidence, love, and every other great quality in your personality. In order to do so, you must use the “act as if” principle. Whatever quality it is that you desire, act if you already have that quality and begin to express it now.

William James, often referred to as the Father of American Psychology, said that if a person desires a quality of personality and persistently acts as if he already has it, then eventually he will.

If you wish to be a confident person, then act if you already are confident. The same is true with any other quality you wish to manifest. Why is this so? Jesus taught that the Kingdom of God is within you. A king’s kingdom is full of great riches; therefore, all of God’s own qualities are within you. In order to activate them, we must think thoughts that are conducive to these qualities and act if we already possess them. Try it—and watch what happens!

Stir up the gift of God which is in you. (II Timothy 1:6)

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