Norman Vincent Peale's Treasury of Joy and Enthusiasm - Couverture souple

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (May 31, 1898 December 24, 1993) was a minister and author (most notably of The Power of Positive Thinking) and a progenitor of "positive thinking". His ideas were not accepted by mental health experts.[1]Peale was born in Bowersville, Ohio, the oldest of three sons of Charles and Anna (née Delaney) Peale. He graduated from Bellefontaine High School, Bellefontaine, Ohio. He earned degrees at Ohio Wesleyan University (where he became a brother of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta) and Boston University School of Theology. Raised as a Methodist and ordained as a Methodist minister in 1922, Peale changed his religious affiliation to the Reformed Church in America in 1932 and began a 52-year tenure as pastor of Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan. During that time the church's membership grew from 600 to over 5,000, and he became one of New York City's most famous preachers.

Share the experiences of people who have lived fulfilled and happy lives -- by practicing joy and enthusiasm.

* Norman Cousins, who reversed a crippling disease by practicing the Biblical truth, "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine."

* Dr. Peale's friend, who saw excitement in a windy March morning and poetry in raindrops on bare branches

* The insurance salesman who changed from failure to success by applying the "as if" principle

* And many more, including:

Dr. Peale's own "Creed for Optimism" -- promising yourself to be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy for trouble.