Why do we wait to change little things until they become BIG THINGS? It's really a personal question perhaps related to self-image, deserving-ness, responsibility, victim behaviors, any number of complexes. But I know in my case it really was a matter responsibility. My rationalization was that so much more would be expected of me if I healed my lower back condition, and those expectations would be overwhelming. The idiocy in this computation is that increased expectations ARE overwhelming when you're in constant pain, but with cause of pain removed, expectations are joyfully fulfilled, with added confidence and morale increasing further my quality of life.

After 10 months of daily Bikram yoga, my back "problems" are no longer, and I have a new-found belief in myself and my ability to make a heart-and-soul decision, stick with repercussions and bask in light at end of tunnel. The ridiculous thing about it is, that I always KNEW yoga would cure me, but I was just waiting for "right time" to do it. Finally, after months of unending pain following a slipped disc, miraculously time became "right." The point being, of course, that NOW is only "right time."

Physicist have pretty much agreed on theory that Universe is expanding. To me, this is self-evident, because creation is constantly occurring. Everything increases one way or another--where one thing ceases, two things begin. I could be accused of being an optimist, and I proudly tout that moniker, but I see it as simply being practical. The more you strive to achieve, more opportunities present themselves. The more you refuse to achieve, more reasons appear to motivate you. See? Increasing universe.

The point is, that attaining wellness, well-being, physical health and happiness is a matter of striving heart-and-soul toward an increase in quality of life. Today, increase one good thing in your life. The universe agrees with this! You can't lose.

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Of course, then trick is to keep pedal to metal. That's where passion and determination comes in. But as successes are achieved, morale goes up. As morale goes up, confidence soars. Now it becomes easier to keep car on road and momentum up.

Decisions are different from wishes. "I wish I could lose this extra 30 pounds," or "I wish my back pain would go away," or simply, "I wish I felt better," are all coming from an assumption that these conditions we're wishing out of cannot change. A wish is a feeble desire, and hardly a decision. A decision is something you make with your heart and soul. It's something you write down, something you declare without reservation--something you embrace as a reason for living. And in this way, your heart and soul work together to give you power to plow through all crap that is preventing change. In fact, it is precisely difficulties you confront after making your decision that are holding unwanted condition in place. Therefore, when challenges to your decision rear their ugly heads, you know you're headed in right direction. Nothing changes easily, and it is a measure of a person's character to be able to step back and observe big picture revealed during trials and tribulations on road to achieving goal.

With a firm heart-and-soul decision, everything becomes advantage, and each apparent "setback" is pure gold of insight. Then, from seeing one's way through freedom is attained because that unwanted cross to bear can never again weigh you down. With that new-found freedom comes new energy, and after a while, what seemed like a mountain becomes proverbial mole hill.

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