health and wellness

I have been studying and reading Louise L. Hay’s books for five years now, and I have gained an enormous amount of strength from her life teachings and lessons. Author to international bestseller, You Can Heal Your Life, Louise Hay has dedicated her life to those seeking personal growth and self-healing. Through difficult times, she has offered great wisdom and healing to many worldwide for well over 25 years. Today, I dedicate in extending some of her profound words of healing to Holly Fannin, who is struggling with breast cancer, and to others all over the world who are also in need. I ask everyday that our hearts be open and our prayers extend.

Louise L. Hay - Words For Healing:

• Think positive, peace-filled, loving thoughts. Every cell in your body responds to each thought you think.
• Allow the love from your heart to wash through you and cleanse and heal every part of your body and emotions.
• Be assured that every day, your body’s natural desire is to be healthy, whole, and complete.
• Feel the glorious, dynamic energy that is flowing through you today.
• Feel privileged to live in the wondrous, magnificent machine that is your body.
• Inhale the precious breath of life. It is your connection to your Higher power.
• Know that your Mind and body are in perfect balance. You are healthy and in harmony with the universe.
• Bring into your life every person, place and thing that you need for your complete healing.
• Love every organ, muscle, joint, and cell in your body.
• Release all negative thinking. Focus on the perfect state of health that you desire.
• Remember that you are never alone. Your guardian angels are part of your life and have helped to keep you healthy since the day you were born.
• Be aware that your Higher power is always leading you and guiding you. Your prayers for good health and healing are always answered.
• Make sure your internal dialogue is positive. What you think affects every aspect of your health.
• Inject a lot of laughter into your life - it’s one of the best medicines there is!
• Bless all the healers of the world with love; appreciate those in both the conventional and alternative medical worlds. They all have a lot to offer.
• When it comes to health decisions, trust your intuition. Listen to that still, small voice within because it always knows just what to do.
• Send love and healing energy to everyone in your world. You all contribute to the overall health of the planet.
• Accept the challenges and responsibilities involved in taking care of your health and healing. Know that you are always supported by life.
• Accept perfect health as a natural and normal part of your being. Send love to every area of your body.

And lastly, I offer the world peace, love and joy. To all, let us pray,

All is well in my world. Perfect health be ours today and always.

            -written by Angela Doss

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

After long study and experience, I have come to the conclusion that (1) all religions are true;  (2) all religions have some error in them; (3) all religions are almost as dear to me as my own Hinduism, in as much as all human beings should be as dear to one as one’s own close relatives. My own veneration for other faiths is the same as that for my own faith; therefore, no thought of conversion is possible.

I am not at all concerned with appearing to be consistent. In my pursuit after Truth I have discarded many ideas and learnt many new things.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

An eye for an eye only succeeds in making the whole world blind.

Hate the sin, love the sinner.

A teacher who establishes rapport with the taught, becomes one with them, learns more from them than he teaches them. He who learns nothing from his disciples is, in my opinion, worthless. Whenever I talk with someone I learn from him. I take from him more than I give him. In this way, a true teacher regards himself as a student of his students. If you will teach your pupils with this attitude, you will benefit much from them.

The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice.

You must be the change you want to see in the world.

Keep your thoughts positive, because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive, because your words become your behaviours. Keep your behaviours positive, because your behaviours become your habits. Keep your habits positive, because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive, because your values become your destiny.

The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others.

It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

My religion is based on truth and nonviolence. Truth is my God. Nonviolence is the means of realizing Him.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with dirty feet.

God comes to the hungry in the form of food.

In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in an clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long an arduous quest after Truth.

Prayer is not asking. It is a language of the soul.

God has no religion.

My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.

No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.

If we are to reach real peace in this world and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with children; and if they will grow up in their natural innocence, we won’t have to struggle; we won’t have to pass fruitless idle resolutions, but we shall go from love to love and peace to peace, until at last all the corners of the world are covered with that peace and love for which consciously or unconsciously the whole world is hungering.

What kind of victory is it when someone is left defeated?

I understand…that those who desired salvation should act like the trustee who, though having control over great possessions, regards not an iota of them as his own.

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love.

          -Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)

In Honor of Father’s Day

Knowledge: The Search for the truth and Knowledge is one of the finest attributes of a man, though often it is most loudly voiced by those who strive for it the least.

Authority: To punish me for my contempt of authority, fate has made me an authority myself.

Truth: It is difficult to say what truth is, but sometimes it is easy to recognize a falsehood.

Cooperation: A hundred times a day I remind myself that my inner and outer lives are based on the labors of other people, living and dead and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.

Wisdom: Wisdom is not a product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Greatness: There is only one road to human greatness: through the school of hard knocks.

Happiness: A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.

Fame: With fame I become more and more stupid, which of course is a very common phenomenon.

Life: Life is sacred, that is to say, it is the supreme value, to which all other values are subordinate.

Ageing: I have reached an age when, if someone tells me to wear socks, I don’t have to.

Praise: The only way to escape the personal corruption of praise is to go on working.

Problems: Fear or stupidity has always been the basis of most human actions.

Relativity: An hour sitting with a pretty girl on a park bench passes like a minute, but a minute sitting on a hot stove seems like an hour.

Goals: One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can barely achieve through one’s greatest efforts.

Racism: The only remedies against race and prejudice are enlightenment and education. This is a slow and painstaking process.

Solitude: I lived in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.

Value: Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.

Imagination: When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come close to the conclusion that the gift of imagination has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing absolute knowledge.

Improving ones self esteem is vital to our success, and indeed, affects all areas of our lives. It determines how confident we are and it reflects who we are as a person, and how we feel about ourselves. Whatever level of self esteem one has of themselves, it will surely portray itself in an external form. Unfortunately, many people don’t recognize they suffer internally from low self esteem, and more often, are in denial of some of the self-made beliefs they have built up in their minds over the course of their lives. Regardless of whether it is self-recognized or not, it can often become a sensitive or uncomfortable topic for many to discuss. The mere discussion of it can often stir up within ourselves a painful process in which to heal. 

The University of Texas at Austin offers a deep understainding on this very subject of its cause and how to improve our self esteem. Building higher self esteem requires dedication, devotion, self love, and is indeed, a process that is achieved through vigilance and patience of oneself.  For some, this can be a lifelong endeavor. Yet, every single person has within them the power to experience higher self esteem if one would only choose to tap into a higher source - at the core of their being. Once we get past some of our inner fears and embrace the process of learning to seek more within, it becomes quite impossible to see anything else but the perfection that lies within us all. By learning to be more cognitive -more gentle and kind to the soul, it is amazing the gem that one would soon discover.  Below are some of my tips to help start us in our journey.

Forgive Your False Deceptions

A lot of us fall prey to false deception whether we allowed another to pollute our self esteem or whether they are self-inflicted. Often we fall prey to feelings that we lack the ability, we’re not good enough, rich enough, worthy, good looking, charming, or intelligent enough to achieve or accomplish the certain aspects of our lives. These are self-sabotaging habits we have formed subconsciously and have forever held fervently in our minds. This is the very reason why we are getting the same poor results year in after year, while we continue to watch our lives slip away at the hands of lowered self esteem. As we start to become more aware of these traps, we can then teach ourselves how to shut down and turn the self-destructive switch off by reprogramming our minds through the powerful use of positive affirmations.

Stop Comparing Yourself To Other People

We are constantly comparing ourselves to others - a sure sign we do not feel adequate about ourselves. The Nemours Foundation  for children and teens explains that this can begin within ourselves as a young child. As we grow older, it’s evident that this type of behavior clearly demonstrates that we are not comfortable within our own skin; that we are somehow no longer equal to, nor satisfied with the whole of whom we are as a person. It is the external manifestation that portrays our inner beliefs, and suddenly we subconsciously find ourselves in a pool of desperation attempting to be more like the person we are comparing ourselves to. This has become nothing more than a fictitious ideal we have put atop the pedestals of our mind - a deception of what we think would make us equal or better if only we resembled more to an other’s character. If we stopped a moment to still our minds and search within, we would see our self-worth; the value and beauty we possess that poses no differences among our fellow man.Surround Yourself With Positive And Supportive People

People come into your life for a REASON, a SEASON or a LIFETIME. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person.

When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.

What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it, it is real. But only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

Thank you for being a part of my life, whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime.

       -Unknown Author

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.

Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it.

It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anyone could have.

         -Unknown

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. -Henry Ford

If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. -Lawrence J. Peter

Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible. -Doug Larson

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. -T.S. Eliot

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man’s foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. -Thomas Henry Huxley

If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up. -J.M. Power

It is never too late to be who you might have been. -George Eliot

God gives us dreams a size too big so that we can grow in them. -Unknown

Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings. -C.D. Jackson

Life’s problems wouldn’t be called “hurdles” if there wasn’t a way to get over them. -Unknown

Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire. -Arnold H. Glasow

I don’t care how much power, brilliance or energy you have, if you don’t harness it and focus it on a specific target, and hold it there you’re never going to accomplish as much as your ability warrants. -Zig Ziglar

The best angle from which to approach any problem is the try-angle. -Unknown

It is easier to go down hill than up, but the view is best from the top. -Arnold Bennett

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. -Beverly Sills

One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks. -Jack Penn

If you don’t have time to do it right you must have time to do it over. -Unknown

If one does not know to which port is sailing, no wind is favorable. -Seneca

The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

What It Means To Be Young 

Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips, and supple knees; it is matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

Youth means the predominance of courage over timidity, of adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of sixty more than a boy of twenty. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.

Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair - these bow the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.

Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being’s heart the love of wonder, the sweet amazement at the stars and the star-like things, the undaunted challenge of events, the unfailing child-like appetite for what-next, and the joy of the game of living.

You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.

        -Samuel Ullman

This is for everyone who has loved, lost, found, searched, and tried. These are life’s little lessons on love to reflect upon, learn from, and ultimately, to grow from.