CAREER DEVELOPMENT, GOALS, SUCCESS UNIVERSITY: Using the Power of Your Mind to Heal Your Self

There are not few literatures, which prove that man’s thoughts have major influence on his health condition. John Wayne Schlatter proudly announces to the whole world that his Dad who was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 69, and said to have only six months to one year left at the most to live, continued to live until the age of 86. For 17 years, John’s Dad dictated to his body how to behave. What’s the motivation behind it? Love. John’s Dad said, “Sorry to disagree with you, Doc. But I'll tell you how long I have to live. One day longer than my wife. I love her too much to leave the planet without her.” Even the doctors and nurses at the Department of Veterans' Affairs Medical Center at Long Beach could not decipher how a cancer stricken body could continue to function just as right. John’s Mom died at 85 while his Dad died one year later at 86.

The thought is so powerful that the life of a cancer patient can be extended from six months to as long as 17 years. We just have to know how to direct the vigor of our brain to the parts of our body that need it best. How then can we use the power of our minds to heal our illnesses?

First, think of those you love. Despite of the pain and sufferings, a cancer patient was able to live for another 17 years because of his love for his wife. Now, think of the people you love. Even if they are not the ones who are sick, they share your miseries. Their hearts ache with every ache that your body feels. They will be hurt so much to see you crying. They want you to stay. Will you disappoint them?

Second, think of the things that you have to accomplish. Do your love ones depend on your help? Do you have children that you must send to school? Is your wife unemployed? Are you already contented with the kind of life that you have? You can be a successful businessperson, right? The world is waiting for you to share the talents and skills that you have. How were the ravishing spots in your place? How was the sunset? Have you tried to build a sandcastle? Isn’t it wonderful to have picnic at the beach? Let’s go to a party and dance. There are many things that have to be done. Get well, cheer up, and move your body.

Third, eat healthy foods, drink lots of water and fruit juices, and do your exercise. You must get well soon. You must make your body strong enough so that you can kiss and hug your love ones. You must have energy to do the things that you want to do. Fruits and vegetables are delicious; water and fruit juices are refreshing. Move those lazy muscles of yours. It feels nice to sweat the good sweat.

Fourth, smile and forget your illnesses. Sickness, like fire, does not only devour one’s physical energy, but as well as his material resources and sense of being. Most ailing people lose their hopes and think of nothing but their state of health. They got so depressed and in almost every remaining day of their lives, they cry for death to come. They want to die because they want to end the physical pain and the emotional suffering that they are going through. However, one must not lose hope.

Smile, even when we feel the pain. When we smile, the whole world smiles back at us. The atmosphere becomes lighter and our pain diminishes. Smile is more effective than morphine because it has a double-acting formula that eliminates not only the patient’s pains, but also the pain of the patient’s family and friends. Every time we feel the fang of our illnesses, we should tell our body to behave properly because we still have to make our loved ones happy; we still need to be happy.

We can dictate our own fate. Diseases are not as strong as a person’s determined thought to get well, to live longer, and to love further.