Chapter 1: You are What You Think “You are today where the thoughts of yesterday have brought you and you will be tomorrow where the thoughts of today take you.” — Blaise Pascal We can’t change other people and our particular life situation.  At least we can do things within our control.  We can use mind power—we can change the way we think, which in turn changes the way we feel about a situation. Thinking is not something that happens to you.  It’s something that you do about 60,000 to 80,000 times a day. Your brain is like a pharmacy, and it never closes, dispensing chemicals at all hours.  Every thought you have produces a biochemical reaction.  Your thinking generates emotions that generate chemicals—but some chemicals are there to help you and some will harm you. You can think only one thought at a time. ......