Book excerpt: Attaining Your Desires - Genevieve Behrend - First published in 1922 - Most of us inherit our thoughts, just as we inherit the color of our eyes. If you intend to understand the relation existing between mental action and material conditions sufficiently well to control your circumstances, you must think for yourself, and in your own way, irrespective of what your ancestors thought, even though some of them might have brought desired results. - Genevieve Behrend (1881 - 1960) authored several New Thought books, including 'Your Invisible Power', 'How to Life Life and Love It' and 'Attaining Your Heart's Desire'. She was mentored by the influential Thomas Troward.