You Never Know Until You Try

It is the job of rational, conscious thought to examine and analyze incoming messages, to accept those which are true and reject those which are untrue. Many people are bowled over by the chance remark of a friend—"You do not look so well this morning." If they are rejected or snubbed by someone, they blindly "swallow" the "fact" that this means they are an inferior person. Most of us are subjected to negative suggestions every day. If our conscious mind is working and on the job, we do not have to accept them blindly. "It ain't necessarily so," is a good motto.
It is the job of the conscious rational mind to form log­ical and correct conclusions. "I failed once in the past, so I will probably fail in the future," is neither logical nor rational. To conclude "I can't" in advance, without try­ing, and in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, is not rational. We should be more like the man who was asked if he could play the piano. "I don't know," he said. "What do you mean you don't know?" "I have never tried."