IF YOU THINK YOU CAN, YOU CAN

The Chinese like to put up plaques or banners with auspicious and inspirational words in their homes and their business premises in the belief that their wishes will somehow be realised. Examples of auspicious wordings are "May your wallet be always filled with money", "Safety to the residents of this house", "May your business prosper" and "May you achieve success in your endeavours". Most probably, they figure that their written or printed wishes will somehow be fulfilled by a divine being or genie.
I read in a book about symbolism in Chinese culture that a long time ago in ancient China the peasants were uneducated and somehow the intellectuals at that time thought of a way to inspire them to work hard and to achieve success. Hence the introduction of auspicious sayings written on red pieces of paper and pasted on the doors or walls of the houses. Even though many of the peasants could not read but they were told the meanings of what was written on the red pieces of paper and they were sort of brainwashed day in and day out when they looked at them. It is sort of like the self-fulfilling prophesy, whereby if we condition our minds to do something, then we will be able to do it. So ladies and gentlemen, look at the wordings on my tee-shirt. Do you think I will be able to achieve that? Kee Kee Kee.