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**I have been delivered from many sins, but never while I was trying to be delivered.***

A odd fellow rode into town and claimed that he had found the secret to instant wealth. The impoverished town was fascinated, so they watched his demonstration with great anticipation. Could the man make gold out of nothing, and could this help the town out of its dire circumstance?

He commanded that one of the townspeople bring a pot and boil some water in the town square. Then he handed her a flask and said to add only a small amount to the boiling water. "Patience!" he said, as he stirred the strange brew. Then with slight of hand, he dropped three nuggets of gold in the pot, and as the lady drained the dark brew onto a cloth, the nuggets of gold appeared on the cloth!

A powerful man in the town demanded that he sell the remainder of the "potion." and they fixed on a price. Just before the odd fellow left town he gave a stern warning: "I almost forgot to tell you the secret. If you do as I tell you not to do, then you will never make any gold." Slowly and clearly the odd fellow continued, "What ever you do, never think about elephants when you are stirring the potion otherwise the brew will not work."

Well, you know the rest of the story of that man's life. He was wasted away as he did all he could to get elephants out of his mind. Never did the potion work, and soon he went mad. He could not focus on something and at-the-same-time rid his mind of it.