Believe in Something

By John Arcane

What is ‘that something’ which drives men to accomplish things that others thought impossible? “That Something is You” will awaken the spirit within and empower you to gain the self confidence to do things you may think impossible Although an old story, we find relevant meaning in a man’s search for “That Something”. Adding commentary to the story, along with the unique thoughts of some of the greatest authors of the 1800’s and early 1900’s we meld the perspective of originality with the borrowed ideas of today.
Our own search for ‘That Something’ takes many different roads, each path finds a different answer, and each answer raises another question. Perhaps you will find a new way to look at your problems and find the solutions are closer than you think. I hope this story will help you to take that step you have been unable to take, that change you fear, and to find the inspiration and confidence to search whatever you are looking for. Enjoy the search, enjoy the journey.

• Language: English
• Publisher: John Arcane
• Release date: Jul 15, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311106834

John Arcane

I had been searching for 'something' to change my life. My search hastened when after open heart surgery I lost the job I had for many years. I was too old to start over I began to gather in a somewhat scattered life. Having been down the self help aisle many times and with a shelf full of the best authors of our time, I turned to the thoughts and ideas of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s and the 'New thought philosophy'. The ideas are the ones talked about today, but the originals seemed more in depth and thought provoking. I read countless books, researched any author of that era that I could, each leading to a new way of looking at personal responsibility, each author having a different approach but landing at the same place. There are no right answers or methods, but the authors all agree the first change has to be, personal responsibility, the change from within. There are many approaches, old and new, to discover that 'Something' within, the search has its roots deep in the soul of man and has its own reward. Your search can be your reward, new ideas, new goals and a new you. Everything changed when I did.

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Believe in Something

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John Arcane

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Table of Contents

A Few Thoughts

My Thoughts

A Last Note

About the Author

The most valuable thing whichever comes into a life is that experience, that book, that sermon, that person, that incident, that emergency, that accident, that catastrophe— that something which touches the springs of a man's inner nature and flings open the doors of his greatness within, revealing all its hidden resources (and giving him something to Believe).

Orison Swett Marden

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A Few Thoughts

The search for Something that will make our lives better is endless. We look for something that would make life happier, fuller, more meaningful and rewarding. We seek answers hoping to gain success, find peace or even a mere reason to go on.

My story is not one of an epiphany or of triumph and tragedy. Unforeseen circumstances had left me without work and my heart surgery put limits on my options. I was too old to start from scratch, but not too old for another approach. Regardless, I began my search looking for new ideas, relief from my self-pity and for 'something' to believe in.

I set out—once more, this time—feeling the ache of something missing and I discovered that the search has its own reward.

One reward was finding this classic story written in the early 1900s by William W. Woodbridge, That Something. Its protagonist is a desperate man out of work, out of faith and with little to believe in. I have provided my thoughts to this truly inspiring story and in this regard I draw upon my life, the reflections