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This is pretty bold to do but you can do it by the time you are done reading.
Unfortunately, this doesn’t apply to world peace or personal freedom for people living in North Korea. But, many people feel the turmoil around them, whether that is personal crisis’s or a friend or coworker. So many problems.
For your health, now more than ever, is a great time to start some new habits. Depending on endless factors your personal peace could be tough to come by, but there is always one place to find it. Your head. Mine may be filled with rocks and sand. But even sand can be at peace. The interesting thing about your mind is that it has no boundaries and no weight. You can’t see it or touch it.
It makes my head hurt just trying to think about it. Your mind can be an instant escape to freedom. It has been said that your mind can’t tell the difference between reality and something vividly imagined. It has incredible power. Let’s turn it on, or at least put some reigns on it.
#1 Your mind controls everything you do.
#2 Therefore everything is a choice.
An interesting insight to choice is the poem by Robert Frost “The Road Not Taken“. Most people assume it is an inspirational poem based on the last few lines
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I–
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.”
Go and read the whole thing and both paths “had worn them really about the same”.
The author / hiker just made a choice and followed it. It is a poem of irony and really about making a choice.
For those of you who were at my last class, (thanks for all the kind “thank you’s”) in that handout was a daily menu from Ed Foreman. His classes are about how to have a great day, everyday, no matter what. He advocates “choice” You really get to choose how you interpret the events of your life. Next time you feel angry, stop for a moment and think about what your mind is doing. Do you really have to spew out venom?
Unless you have some control over your thoughts Habits and Cravings will dominate. If you put chocolate cake, ice cream, suckers, and broccoli in from of 100 kids and give them a choice of what they would like to eat. I’ll bet 95% of them will not choose broccoli. They are too young to really make good choices, their minds aren’t trained. Unfortunately about 65% of adults are the same way. What do you buy when grocery shopping? Is your cart loaded with pop, and frozen dinners, or fresh fruit and veggies?
Your mind is the invisible extension of your body’s energy. A strong healthy mind can give you a strong healthy body. I often see patients under-appreciate this powerful asset to health. If you believe that you are going to be sick, you are likely to get sick one way or another. I’m getting pretty good at telling whether a patient will get better (no matter what they have) based on the first 5 minutes of talking to them. Their mind power and desire to get better makes all the difference. I am just a facilitator to health. The real healing is done inside the person.
Your mind can’t do everything. When a bone is physically knocked out of position by an outside force. It takes an outside force (me) to put it back. Once it is back in place, then the power of the person takes over.
Put your mind on the path to control.
#1 Put good things in, so you get good things out. Read inspirational things, stop reading the newspaper. Watch nice TV or NO TV. Watching horror shows, constant killing, desperate people sleeping around, and terror (wait that’s just the news) doesn’t make a good mind. T.V. commercials alone could give you nightmares. Don’t watch that stuff before you go to bed.
#2 Monitor what comes out. Until your mind is under control and filled with good stuff, don’t pollute the people around you. No one else is inside your head. You alone have a choice to live in a pigpen or paradise.
#3 Spend 5 minutes in quiet and let your mind roam and wander. Just let it go and follow along. It is amazing where it will take you.
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