Your body not only hears what you say, but it believes it.
The concept that "what you tell yourself is critical" is most apparent and useful if you follow the works of Louise Hay, You Can Heal Your Life, or Karol Truman, author of Feelings Buried Alive Never Die.
(*You can locate the books and movie in the Cinda Recommends section of this website. These resources are valuable in helping you figure out your body's relationship to your lifetime traumas, the resulting illnesses and in figuring out what to do about them. However, let's stick with the basic concept that what you tell yourself is important for just a moment.)
The average young person never thinks he or she will be sick. They don't think in those terms. As we age, most of us become a bit more realistic. Often though, as health problems crop up, people go from being realistic to being negative and much too fatalistic. These are the two worst attitudes that a person can adopt if he or she wants to get well.
If you:
- accuse your body of failing you
- "bad mouth" your poor health
- don't look for the message or life lesson in the experience, and
- look for the easy way out ("Doc, give me some pills. Give me a shot! How about surgery?")
If you take the time to honestly ask yourself "why" you got sick, you may discover some astounding answers that will profoundly affect the rest of your life. This type of process- questions and answers- guides many people to finding their own healing.
You'll be sorry if you take the easy way out. Like the beans, magic pills do not exist. Seek to find your own personal and complete answers. The best thing you can do is to be totally positive and open in asking your health questions and in seeing where the process leads you.
Happy Discovery!
Cinda Crawford, host of the Health Matters Show
