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It is necessary, then, to cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you; and to give thanks continuously.
因此，我們必須培養一種感恩的習慣，用滿懷感激的心去接受和迎接身邊每一件 美好的事物，當然，我們在做這一切的時候一定不能忘記臨了說聲“謝謝”。
And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
而且，你還必須清楚地認識到，你的任何進步和成功都是身邊其他所有人或事物共同作用的結果，所以，你應當始終懷揣著一顆感恩的心來面對這個世界。這才是進步和成功的根本所在。
Do not waste time thinking or talking about the shortcomings or wrong actions of plutocrats or trust magnates. Their organization of the world has made your opportunity; all you get really comes to you because of them.
不要再將時間浪費在思考或討論物質短缺、羨慕大富豪或是懊惱錯失財富的不當舉止等沒有任何實際意義的無聊事情上。要知道，你的致富機會就來自于他們現在的生活方式，而你所得到的一切也同樣源自于他們。
Do not rage against corrupt politicians; if it were not for politicians we should fall into anarchy, and your opportunity would be greatly lessened.
不要因為某些政治的腐敗而火冒三丈。你應當告訴自己，如果不是這些政客，你也許將會生活在一個無政府狀態的混亂世界里，而你成功的機會也會因此而大大減少。
God has worked a long time and very patiently to bring us up to where we are in industry and government, and He is going right on with His work. There is not the least doubt that He will do away with plutocrats, trust magnates, captains of industry, and politicians as soon as they can be spared; but in the meantime, behold - they are all very good. Remember that they are all helping to arange the lines of transmission along which your riches will come to you, and be grateful to them all. This will bring you into harmonious relations with the good in everything, and the good in everything will move toward you.
萬能的宇宙在耐心工作了很久很久之后，才終于將這個世界帶入了工業化的法制社會，不過，請相信，他并不會就此而停止工作，他一定會帶著我們在致富的道路上繼續前進。因此，我們應該充分相信，等到宇宙覺得這個世界不再需要大富豪和大財團，以及商業巨賈乃至政客這些人的時候，他自然會讓他們逐一淡出歷史這個大舞臺。所以，只要他們仍然存在，就一定有其存在的理由，我們根本無須為此而煩惱或焦慮。你只要記住，他們的存在都是為了幫助你獲得成功和財富，這就足夠了。當然，無論何時何地，都別忘了向這些幫助你的人表達誠摯的感激之情。這樣，你就能夠與世間所有的美好事物都建立一種和諧寧靜的關系，如此一來，所有美好的事物自然便會向你涌去。
Chapter 8 Thinking in the Certain Way.
第八章 正確駕馭致富愿景
You must form a clear and definite mental picture of what you want; you cannot transmit an idea unless you have it yourself.
對于那些自已想擁有的東西，你必須首先在頭腦里有一個十分清楚的認識，才能繼續下一步的行動。一個連自已想要什么都不清楚的人，他的夢想又怎么能夠實現呢？
You must have it before you can give it; and many people fail to impress Thinking Substance because they have themselves only a vague and misty concept of the things they want to do, to have, or to become.
給予往往都是以首先擁有為前提的。對于自已想要的那些東西，很多人的腦海里常常都只有一個模糊的概念或輪廓，所以，他們根本無法憑此產生一種堅定的信念，獲得會思考的物質的幫助。
It is not enough that you should have a general desire for wealth "to do good with"; everybody has that desire.
要想獲得財富，光有一個籠統而沒有實際內容的渴望是遠遠不夠的。我們每個人的腦海里都有一個這樣的愿景。
It is not enough that you should have a wish to travel, see things, live more, etc. Everybody has those desires also. If you were going to send a wireless message to a friend, you would not send the letters of the alphabet in their order, and let him construct the message for himself; nor would you take words at random from the dictionary. You would send a coherent sentence; one which meant something. When you try to impress your wants upon Substance, remember that it must be done by a coherent statement; you must know what you want, and be definite. You can never get rich, or start the creative power into action, by sending out unformed longings and vague desires.
也就是說，你只有一個希望去旅行，增長見識，或是諸如讓生活變得更美好等此類概括性的愿望，是遠遠不夠的。我們每個人都有這樣的想法。如果你打算給一位朋友發電報，你肯定不會只給他發過去26個英文字母，讓他自己將這些字母組織成字詞句：當然，你也不會隨意從字典上找一些單詞發過去。你通過電報發過去的一定是連貫而完整，且有具體含義的句子。因此，當你向宇宙表達自己的意愿時，也請務必保證發出的是清楚完整的且有具體內容的請求。為此，你必須非常清楚自已想要的究竟是什么，并且用形象的畫面和清楚的語言明確地表示出來。尚未定型，或是模糊的愿望是無法實現的，更無法幫助你將創造性的力量投入到實際行動當中。
Go over your desires just as the man I have described went over his house; see just what you want, and get a clear mental picture of it as you wish it to look when you get it.
你要像故事中的主人公一樣，反復思考愿望所包含的每一項內容，直到所有內容全都清清楚楚地印在你的腦海里。也只有這樣，你才能讓它們如你希望的那樣，一個接一個地投入你的懷抱。
That clear mental picture you must have continually in mind, as he sailor has in mind the port toward which he is sailing the ship; you must keep your face toward it all the time. You must no more lose sight of it than the steersman loses sight of the compass.
在大海上航行的水手們通常都會將航海圖熟記于心，你也必須像水手那樣，清楚地牢記這幅描述愿望的畫面中的所有內容，并且始終堅定不移地按照圖中所示去努力。你必須像眼睛永遠都不離開指南針的舵手一樣，始終將目光凝聚在這幅圖畫上。
