Think about it. Somebody — even more likely a handful, hundreds, or thousands of people — has already gone through the same problem you’re going through right now and overcome it.

Thousands of happily married people today used to have miserable marriages. Stories abound of wealthy and successful people who started out poor and often failed before succeeding. Former drug addicts, drunkards, and nobodies have reformed themselves and beaten what used to beat them. Even cancer and other incurable disease patients have survived against all odds.

What does it all mean? It proves that it’s possible. It shows that when you believe and are willing to do what it takes, no one can tell you something can’t be done.

So, if all things are possible when you believe, then clearly the problem is not your disease, or financial mess, or messed-up marriage, or addiction, or fill-in-the-blank. The problem is you.

Let me rephrase that. What stands between you and your success is your inability to (1) believe it’s possible and (2) your willingness to sacrifice for what you believe.

Belief. Sacrifice.

Focus on those. The problems will take care of themselves.