When we recognize that learning is a lifelong experience, we can then accept that occasional gaps or feelings of inadequacy may surface. These feelings of being “less than” or “not worthy” may begin with negative thoughts, such as “I’m stupid, I can’t do it, No one likes me, I am inadequate, etc.” These thoughts can quickly become deeply ingrained belief patterns. Negative thought patterns often lead to negative behavior patterns and negative behavior patterns will affect your life by surfacing in such areas as school or work performance, relationships, attitude, anger, inability to focus, concentrate or emotional outbursts, weight issues, stress, anxiety or panic attacks - and that is only some of the myriad of aftereffects of negative indoctrination and adaptations.
Clearly the Law of Attraction has been in full swing throughout my entire life - throughout all of our lives. But my consciously becoming aware of it began one day in the ’70s, when I had what was for me, at the time, a revolutionary thought. I was four years into a bout with cancer. I’d had six surgeries and was beginning a chemotherapy regimen that ended up lasting for three years. I was a working singer/actor, and was tap dancing as fast as I could to keep my illness quiet so I’d still get hired in theatre. Neither my doctors nor the few people I’d taken into my confidence could explain why this was happening. I took better care of myself than anyone they knew, so why was I in the hospital every 20 minutes? My medical team was terrific, and they were doing all they could to restore my health, but I began to feel that it wasn’t enough. I knew that something inside of me had to shift. And then out of the blue came this insight: I must take full responsibility for my own well-being. Unbeknownst to me, this was one of the axioms of the then-emerging human potential movement, and the energy was in the air. From that moment on I was fully committed to being responsible for my own wellness. |