Believe the belief and doubt the doubt

There is magic in the power of belief. Even more magical if one starts believing in oneself. I had read about how Honda Company had started and the founder Soichiro Honda had seen failures in many forms. The power of believing that he was destined to build an empire which revolutionized automobile industry remains history.

Belief reminds me of the song “I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky” by R Kelly. It is weird how I fell in love with this song. Back then in 2004 or 2005, Standard Chartered Bank had this song while customers were put on hold. The first time I heard, the song did take me to a different world. The next time, it mesmerized me. The next, I called Standard Chartered just to listen to this song. It had got into me.

Belief also reminds me of this poem I learnt while in school. There is this train whose task is to climb uphill. It seemed very hard our little train. The train is really not sure if it can make it but is not left with any choice but to chug its way to the top. So it says “I think I can, I think I can”. It keeps saying this and makes it to the top. When on top it is all happy and beaming with pride. On its way down it says “I thought I could, I could”.

What an excellent power the belief has. Like Henry Ford says, “Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.” It’s time to believe in the power of belief in self and chase the fear of doubt which others want you to believe.