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A few years ago, I got my wake up call. Not only was I experiencing the loss of a job and a major relationship in my life, out of the blue, I developed a serious life threatening illness that even today is somewhat of a mystery.
So not only was I already feeling really down and out, I experienced an entire gamut of physical symptoms due to this illness.
My hair was falling out. I had to get injections in my head. I got a rash that covered my body so I couldn’t go out in the sun.
Picture this: I’m living in Florida, beautiful sunny South Florida. I’m at a Miami Dolphins football game. It’s a preseason game in August and feels like 250 degrees outside. I’m covered up in a turtleneck and long pants. Can you imagine how silly I looked? I felt pretty miserable, too.
There came a point that I could hardly dress myself because my joints were affected and it was hard to walk at times. My kidneys were failing and it became necessary to go through really major treatments.
As you can imagine, for a young adult, it was a horrible, horrible time.
So reaching for anything to make me feel better, I created an affirmation on a sticky note that said, “I am healthy” and put it on my mirror.
So morning, noon and night, this affirmation became my mantra, “I am healthy.”
I’d come home from my treatments and I’d be sick for two days. Praying for anything to make me feel better, I’d lift my head up long enough to look in the mirror and say my positive affirmation, “I am healthy.”
As I’m repeating this out loud and looking in the mirror, I’d notice a new clump of hair missing, all the while repeating over and over, “I am healthy. I am healthy. I am healthy.”
Things didn’t get better. In fact, they got worse. I was ready to give up … on positive affirmations … maybe even on life … when it hit me like a lightning bolt. Standing there in front of the mirror I suddenly realized as clear as day what I had been doing wrong.
I literally slapped myself on the forehead and said, “Wow.”
It was my life-changing “a-ha” moment. From then on my life was never the same.
Today, I’m the picture of good health – my friends consider it a miracle from where I was a short time ago. I’m happy, successful, I’m living my dream – and, guess what, you can do it, too!
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