Earlier this month I received an email from a young man diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis who recently read my book Heal For Real. He said:
“Peter – Thanks for your guidance. I am progressing well, I’ve come off all medications and I feel better now than at any time in the last few years. As I finish resolving my emotional issues and fears, I plan to go back to college and get degreed so I can help others change their lives in the way you have inspired my changes.“
You might imagine I’d be pleased as punch at the news, and of course I am. Yet I realize it isn’t anything I did that led to his recovery; the credit is all his. He took the tools and information available to him, and he put them to good use.
My question to you is this: Are you making use of the resources available to help you help yourself feel better? And – if not, why not?
Maybe you don’t believe it can happen. If this is the case, then certainly you’re right. There is no teaching or psychology that says you can accomplish a thing if you do not believe you can.
Now, consider for a moment the biblical expression “Believe that you receive and it is added unto you.” This wise and well-known adage asks you to let go of limiting beliefs that hold you back and replace them with a bigger picture of who you really are.
Believe this: Your body is equipped with the power to heal itself. Within you is an instinctive inner intelligence that repairs, operates, supervises and builds your body from the ground up. It ever endeavors to keep you going in the direction of health and healing, even when your beliefs, behaviors or the environment you’re exposed to get in the way.
Your job is to recognize, understand and work with the inner intelligence that repairs your body, and let go of the negative thoughts and erroneous beliefs that work against you. You really can help yourself feel better by adopting the proper attitudes, behaviors and activities that lead to health and healing, and you can do that at any time.
What have you got to lose?
Peter