Speaker 1: The keynote 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, that 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? Was a 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. Was 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 ecstasy, 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 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 of our feet and sweep us on
to safety, to peace, to rest. We are possess of
an abiding sense of power, reserve, force, and security. When
extraordinary conditions confront us, when our bodies seemed paralyzed, our
minds stupefied, our will powered gun. We are often made
conscious of the existence of the real self, and it
answers our involuntary demand and comes to rescue with the
shearing 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 demanded the aid, and again we were answered. We
acquired that which we call confidence and faith in ourselves,
and were carried over many a dark place and started
on the road to success. Our repeated success caused us
to think and speak of our luck, and we grew
to believe that we had a star, and took chances
and risks that others would not dream of. We dared.
We made some apparent failures, but we soon came to
know them as only lessons leading to ultimate success. The
eye can and I will feeling carried us over rough
places safely, and we got to simply know that we
would get there in the end. And so we went
on and on, knowing that if we advanced three steps
and slipped back too, we were still one step ahead.
We had confidence because we knew that things would come
our way in the end, and so long as we
held this attitude, we did succeed, And it was only
when we lost heart at some unexpected slip, Only when,
after having attained success, we became dazed and frightened, and
began to fear that our luck might turn and that
we would lose all of our accumulations. It was only then,
I say that our star waned. Talk with any successful man,
and if truthful, he would admit having felt from the
time of his first success that he had some sort
of a pull with faith, some lucky star, some special
providence operating in his behalf. He grew to expect results,
to have confidence in things turning out right, to have
faith in something of which he knew, not the nature,
and he was not disappointed. Things seem to work in
his favor, not always just in the way he expected,
sometimes in an entirely different way. Matters seemed somehow to
straighten themselves out in the end, so long as he
kept his nerve. He did not know the source of
his strength, but he believed in it and trusted it
just the same. Let us wake up and recognize this
something within. Let us begin to understand this I can
and I will feeling. Let us cherish it if we
have it, and cultivate it if we have it not.
Do you know that we are young giants who have
not discovered our own strength? Are you not aware that
there are powers latent within us, pressing forth for development
and unfoldment. Do you not know that ernest desire, faith,
and calm demand will will bring to us that which
we require, will place at our hand the tools with
which we are to work out our destiny, will guide
us in the proper use of the tools will make
us grow. Do you not know that desire, faith, and
work is the triple key to the doors of attainment.
There are possibilities before us awaiting our coming of which
we have never dreamed. Let us assert ourselves, take up
the key, unlock the doors, and enter our kingdom. To accomplish,
we must be possessed of earnest desire, must be as
confident of ultimate success as we are of the rising
of tomorrow's sun. We must have faith, and we must
work out the end with the tools and instruments that
will present themselves selves. Day by day we will find
that desire, confidence, faith, and work will not only brush
aside the obstacles from our path, but will also begin
to assert that wonderful force. As yet so little understood
the law of attraction, which will draw to us that
which is conducive to our success, be it ideas, people, things, yes,
even circumstances. Oh, ye of little faith, why do you
not see these things? The world is looking for these,
I can and I will people, It has places ready
for them. The supply does not begin to equal the demand.
Pluck up, courage, Ye, unfortunate ones, Ye, doubters, Ye I can't. People.
Begin the fight by abolishing fear from your minds. Then
start to climb the ladder of attainment, shouting I can
and I will with all your might, drowning out the
sound of the butts ifs, supposings, you can'ts, And aren't
you afraid of your wet blanket? Friends at the foot
of the ladder, Do not bother about the upper rounds
of the ladder. You will reach them in time. But
give your whole attention to the round just ahead of you,
And when you have gained a firm footing on that,
then look at the next one, one round at a time,
Remember and give your entire attention to each step. Climb
with desire, confidence and faith, and aspiring each step and
the task will become a pleasure. You will be conscious
of some mighty force attracting you upward and onward as
you progress, And don't try to pull some other fellow
off the latter. There's room enough for both of you.
Be kind, Be kind. If you fail to feel that
I can and I will vibrations within you, Start in
to day and say I can and I will, think,
I can, and I will act, I can and I will,
and get the vibrations started in motion. Remember that as
the one note of the violin, if constantly sounded, will
cause the mighty bridge to vibrate in unison, so will
one positive thought held constantly manifest itself, both in yourself,
others and things. So begin sounding the note to day,
this very moment, sounded constantly, send forth a clear, glad
joyous note, a note of faith, a note of coming victory.
Sound it over and over again, and soon you will
become conscious that the vibrations have commenced, and that the
mighty structure of your being is quivering and vibrating. To
the keynote, I can and I will