Self Help Books and the Power of Positive Thinking by Lisa Troglin Self help books have steadily become the best selling genre over the last several decades with titles dedicated to the power of positive thinking. Revolutionizing our vocabulary for once ordinary things like The Vortex and The Shift, there is the metamorphasizing of simple acts such as Waking from Sleep into an experience unlike any other that this life as we knew, or it had shown us before. The fact of the matter is, whatever your delima, whatever your issue with another, whatever your issue with yourself, you can find help through one source or another. In today's vast society of over-stressed, over-strange, and over-functioning humans, self help books have been a blessing to many who just want to "feel" better, and they do just that. Following a mantra of positive thinking can bring you where you need, or think you need to be. Truth be told, I am always seeking to redefine my thinking, to better myself, and to quizzically look toward another who's life may actually be, or have been worse than my own, and see that there is hope out there. Is that not what we all need to survive with the issues of today? For decades, books such as The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale, have been the "go to" books when persons were looking to build fortunes in their lifetimes. The teachings of positive thinking have been around through even the better times of our economy. As the age of technology has afforded us an overload of information, worries, and stresses with the immediate reports of negative happenings throughout our world, the self help and positive thinking media has blossomed into a massive market of anyone's opinion. Basically, each new insight is only a revolution of the first principles that have been instilled in mankind since the beginning of time. The basic inherit belief that there is a supreme being, a God, a spirit, whether it be in the heart's of man or actually be instilled in the soul of man from conception, there is, in every human, a hope, a faith, a sense that if we just do, or be, it will all be ok. Every person is looking for that guidance in every area of their life, whether it be through a mentor, an author, or even an acquaintance, that thirst for enlightenment, and the curiosity of a "better way" keeps us ever searching. The illusion of religious experience has guided many. The following of guru's and teachings of preacher's have kept many on a solid footing of their innermost being for centuries. In the science of man, we ARE looking for a leader, for guidance, a mentor, and a HOPE for something more than what today is. I ran across a title of a book called, The Positive Power of Jesus Christ by Norman Vincent Peale which affirmed my belief that the inherit belief that there is more to life than just "life" as we know it. Positive thinking and self help are just another form of belief for those who are not into organized religion. The power of positive thinking, and the belief of a God or supreme being to worship, to mentor, to look to for guidance, go hand in hand. Whether you believe that we are but a speck in a galaxy of millions, or that we were deliberately created for the needs of companionship and gratification for a much higher being, The teachings have one common theme. Be grateful for what you have, be good to the world and those around you, and good will come to you. The method you use to achieve this, is entirely up to you, and I insist that even with the repetitive insights of self-help books, if they help but only one person achieve the life that they desire, they are all worth their weight in society.