By Laura Silva Quesada

"Being happy is something you have to learn," says Harrison Ford.

Each of us can learn something from his experiences of triumphing over negative thoughts and turning his life around.

He grew up a shy kid, continually bullied at school for not 'fitting in'.

Every day, they'd tease the future Indiana Jones, beat him, and roll him down a hill.

That's not the way children should grow up, but maybe even you went through that in school.

Though furious inside (an anger he would hold onto for years), he kept up a 'Gandhi-like' policy of non-violence -- not fighting back and enraging his tormentors even more.

Nothing pointed towards a successful future except his minor interest in radio broadcasting.

He was just like anyone else.

He wasn't good at sports, and hardly ever rose above a C-average in class.

He studied English in college, and hated it.

It was soon afterwards that he started showing symptoms of depression --
he'd sleep for days on end, finding it more and more difficult to raise himself.

Once, he remembers, he awoke after a 3-day 'nap' and decided to attend a class.

When he got to the classroom and was unable to turn the classroom door handle, he turned around and went right back to bed.

When you're not happy; when you lose your appetite; when you're unable to get out of bed and function - you're depressed.

When you don't feel up to facing even life's littlest things and you feel sad that the day has started, you are depressed.

Harrison Ford had many days like that.

Can you imagine how you'd feel, if, a few days before graduation the college decided to withhold your degree?

Well, that's exactly what happened to Ford!

Despite the odds, young Ford rose above to become the famous Hollywood actor we all admire as Indiana 'Indy' Jones.

It's always important not to give up hope. He proved that your past doesn't determine your future, but what is his secret?

"You have to experience the darkness before the dawn can come", says Ford. "It's about positivity despite everything crashing down on you."

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Laura Silva Quesada is President of Silva International and the daughter of Jose Silva, founder of the original Silva Mind Control Method. Born during the pinnacle of the Silva research on mind development, Laura was one of the primary research subjects which gave her extensive personal experience and insight into the creation and use of intuitive techniques.

Wanting to continue researching where her father left off, she brought together some of the most experienced experts in the mind development field and continued research that unites the best and most useful of the concepts behind the original Silva Method programs with the latest findings from studies on the human mind, intuition, alternative health care, NLP and spirituality.

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Learn more about the Silva Life System here - including a video.

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