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As told by the�late Dr. Wayne W. Dyer:

I was preparing to speak at an I Can Do It conference and I decided to bring an orange on stage with me as a prop for my lecture. I opened a conversation with a bright young fellow of about twelve who was sitting in the front row.

�If I were to squeeze this orange as hard as I could, what would come out?� I asked him.

He looked at me like I was a little crazy and said, �Juice, of course.�

�Do you think apple juice could come out of it?�

�No!� he laughed.

�What about grapefruit juice?�

�No!�

�What would come out of it?�

�Orange juice, of course.�

�Why? Why when you squeeze an orange does orange juice come out?�

He may have been getting a little exasperated with me at this point.

�Well, it�s an orange and that�s what�s inside.�

I nodded. �Let�s assume that this orange isn�t an orange, but it�s you. And someone squeezes you, puts pressure on you, says something you don�t like, offends you. And out of you comes anger, hatred, bitterness, fear. Why? The answer, as our young friend has told us, is because that�s what�s inside.�

It�s one of the great lessons of life. What comes out when life squeezes you? When someone hurts or offends you? If anger, pain and fear come out of you, it�s because that�s what�s inside. It doesn�t matter who does the squeezing�your mother, your brother, your children, your boss, the government. If someone says something about you that you don�t like, what comes out of you is what�s inside. And what�s inside is up to you, it�s your choice.

When someone puts the pressure on you and out of you comes anything other than love, it�s because that�s what you�ve allowed to be inside. Once you take away all those negative things you don�t want in your life and replace them with love, you�ll find yourself living a highly functioning life.