WYBIWYG: What You Believe Is What You Get

Just thought I'd add this story from Paulo Coelho that sums up what a lot of people seem to be going through at the moment with the Credit Crunch crisis. It's a perfect example of the Law of Attraction at work or, as I put it in the title, WYBIWYG.

It's called "Difficult Times".

A man was selling oranges in the street. He was illiterate and so never read the newspapers. He merely put out a few signs along the road and spent the day proclaiming the excellence of his merchandise.

Everyone bought from him, and the man prospered. He invested the money he earned in more signs and went on to sell more fruit. Business was booming when he had a visit from his son, who had been educated and had studied in the big city. "Brazil is in desperate straits, Pa. The economy's going into a terrible recession."

Worried, the man reduced the number of signs and started selling inferior oranges because they were cheaper. Very soon, customers who had enjoyed the better oranges deserted him and sales plummeted.

"My son's right," he thought. "These are indeed difficult times."

What do you think?

Eric
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