The Iceman Cometh

What separates an illusion from a delusion? You never really know, that's the beauty of an illusion. As long as you believe in your dreams, anything is possible. It's kind of like searching for WMD's, until you find them no one can prove they don't exist. The real question is how many people you can convince to share your illusion before they start thinking you're deluded. People have lived with their illusions ever since they sat around campfires telling stories and creating myths. Handsome princes, ugly ducklings, hidden treasure, the kingdom of God, lotteries, picking the case with the million biggies in it, it's all the same thing. Now along comes the latest fad The Secret, marketed in books and seminars, where if you believe hard enough that anything is possible you store up "manifest points" that you trade in for desired results. It's just another version of Norman Vincent Peale's The Power of Positive Thinking really. The rap goes something like this: only 4 out of a hundred people are wealthy, so what is it they have that makes the difference? They really want it, that's what. If you don't get rich, or thin, or meet the perfect mate, it just means you didn't desire it enough. Clever, huh? There's no way to prove it wrong. And it beats the hell out of getting depressed or doing drugs.