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Chapter 1 - THE KEYNOTE. - p. 9
"I Can and I Will" --- The recognition --- Equal to any task --- A feeling of calm confidence --- An abiding sense of power, reserve force and security --- The Something within --- The triple key to the door of attainment --- The vibrations of Success.
"I Can and I Will!!!" Have you ever said these words to yourself with a firm conviction that you were speaking the truth --- with the strong feeling that needed no other proof. If so, you then felt within you a thrill which seemed to cause every atom of your being to vibrate in harmony with some note in the grand scale of Life, sounded by the Real Self. You caught a momentary glimpse of the Inner Light --- heard a stray note of the Song of the Soul --- were conscious for the moment of YOURSELF. And in that moment of ecstacy you knew that untold power and possibilities were yours. You felt that you were in touch with all Strength, Power, Knowledge, Happiness and Peace. You felt that you were equal to any task --- capable of executing any undertaking. For the moment there was no Fear in the world for you. All the Universe seemed to vibrate in the same key with your thought. For the moment you Recognized the Truth.
But alas, the spirit of doubt, distrust, fear and unfaith called you again to Earth --- and the vision faded. And yet, the remembrance of the sight --- the echo of the sound --- the remnant of the new-found strength --- is with you still. You still find that memory to be a stimulus to great efforts --- a comforting thought in times of weakness and trial. You have been able to accomplish much by the aid of the lingering vibrations of the mighty thought.
In times of great peril --- grave perplexities --- life and death struggles, a feeling of calm confidence and strength often comes to us, and we are borne on by a power of us and in us (and yet in everything else, too) that seems to lift us off our feet and sweep us on to safety --- to peace --- to rest. We are possessed of an abiding sense of power, reserve force and security. When extraordinary conditions confront us --- when our bodies seem paralyzed --- our minds stupefied --- our will power gone, we are often made conscious of the existence of the Real Self, and it answers our involuntary demand, and comes to rescue with the cheering cry: "I AM HERE"!
Many of us have made use of this inner strength without realizing it. One day we were sorely distressed and made the demand, and lo! it was answered. We knew not from whence came this new-found strength, but we were conscious of the uplift, and felt more confidence in ourselves, The next time we confidently
