YOUR PROGRAM FOR BETTER LIVING

In my opinion, psychology during the past 30 years has
become far too pessimistic regarding man and his potentiality
for both change and greatness. Since psychologists
and psychiatrists deal with so-called "abnormal" people,
the literature is almost exclusively taken up with man's
various abnormalities, his tendencies toward self-destruction.
Many people, I am afraid, have read so much of
this type of thing that they have come to regard such
things as hatred, the "destructive insinct," guilt, selfcondemnation,
and all the other negatives as "normal
human behavior." The average person feels awfully weak
and impotent when he thinks of the prospect of pitting
his puny will against these negative forces in human
nature, in order to gain health and happiness. If this were
a true picture of human nature and the human condition,
"self-improvement" would indeed be a rather futile thing.
However, I believe, and the experiences of my many
patients have confirmed the fact, that you do not have to
do the job alone. There is within each one of us a "life
instinct," which is forever working toward health, happiness,
and all that makes for more life for the individual.
This "life instinct" works for you through what I call the
Creative Mechanism, or when used correctly the "Success
Mechanism" built into each human being.