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I am a proponent of positive thinking. I believe there is power in it and I believe that power was designed by God to teach us Faith.
God wants us to have Faith in Him. Just as He designed this world to teach us He is there, I believe He knew that if we as humans recognised that those who practice positive thinking accomplish more, then we would ask why and the only answer possible would be Him.