Harm out of desperate thought

There was a man who was always engrossed in desperate thoughts. He was of the view that the work in hand was not possible to fulfill even though it was obvious that it could be accomplished quite easily. Although he was capable of going somewhere, he held himself back thinking that the journey was beyond his capacity. The friends around him were good and they were willing to help him by all means but as soon as difference of opinions developed among them on some minor points he was in the habit of jumping to the conclusion that they were actuated by usual evil motives, that they were hypocrites and that they had no intention of coming to his aid in times of need. As regards the question of making money was concerned, he had a settled conviction that the job in hand is not
going to make money.The work looked profitable but in point of fact everything was designed to cause him financial loss. His outlook was pessimistic, whatever the point at issue. Because of his gloomy frame of mind, he remained miserable, however favorable his circumstances might be. He was religious minded but in that sphere also his ideas were half-baked. He could not believe that he had the capability of fulfilling his mission or attaining his goal. Pessimism had taken a deep root in his mind.Wandering around his pessimistic thought happened to enter the brain of a student who was preparing for his examination. He got ill on the day when he was to sit for the examination. Suddenly, the idea occurred to him that he had not learnt his lessons properly and as a result, he thought that he would fail his examination.There and then the pessimistic thought of the man in question found its way into his brain and he decided that the best course for him would be to drop the examination just at this point of time. He lost his self-confidence.Very soon he came to the conclusion that he stood no chance of passing the examination. He was a good and diligent student but because of the pessimistic
outlook, he failed in the examination. Nothing was at fault except his pessimism. The wave of  pessimistic thought affects other minds  also with same disastrous consequences.

From what has been said above, the reader may easily draw the conclusion that an evil thought could produce a destructive chain of events although it may be of small size at the beginning .We must
take special care not to germinate evil thoughts in our mind.