Ed: The Secret...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b1GKGWJbE8
Consider the expression, "he has lost his mind..." What this means is that YOU have chosen to hold thoughts which are not in alignment for your greater good. Once you change your direction/perception of reality, your world will change. Thoughts are THINGS. You create your own reality...
I don't remember where I picked this up, or if I created it, but it goes like this..."If you have your head stuck in a bucket of sh&t; why are you surprised, that when you open your eyes, you see brown?" Terse. but effective...
You might want to explore Charles F. Haanel,"The Master Key"...
Also, Prentice Mulford & Wallace Wattles
The answer is there waiting for you...
"Who do you think you are, a Superstar? Then. Right you are! - John Lennon
"Whether you think you can, or cannot, either way, you're right! - Henry Ford
"Say the secret word and the duck will come down and give you $100...Groucho Marx...
"Truly I say to you, if you had faith as of a mustard seed, you could tell this mountain to jump into the sea..." - Well -You know who...

The hard part with all of this is that you must train your mind, even in the face of poverty, to feel/think, ABUNDANCE...
In the face of disease, HEALTH..
Etc.
Or, as the centurian asked of Jesus, "Master, if you would but touch my cloak, I would be healed." Then Jesus replies,"what do you mean, IF?"
NAMASTE...
bob