Growing Optimistically

Written by Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein


Spring is here at last! The season brings with it an opportunity for continued personal growth, stimulated by a sense of life renewing itself around us. We see growth of every kind reflected in our environment inrepparttar spring. Tiny seeds and bulbs blossom into colorful arrays of yellow, purple, and pink flowers and plants andrepparttar 123700 grass becomes green. Suddenly one day we look atrepparttar 123701 trees and see soft green leaves. Children seem to leap ahead in growth, outgrowing clothing and changing shoe sizes. One day inrepparttar 123702 supermarket there are blueberries from central New Jersey, not flown in from California.

For most of us, we find our senses heightened as warmer temperatures and refreshingly long days beckon us outdoors. Whether sitting outside on a bench, a porch, taking a walk or playing a sport, we become attuned to allrepparttar 123703 smells, sounds and sights that we associate with spring andrepparttar 123704 way our bodies feel.

Spring is a time for growing optimistically! A sense of hope is inrepparttar 123705 air. Hardly a person does not respond to positive feelings on certain spring days. We all talk about spring fever. If we look carefully at our reactions, we can see that THE ENCHANTED SELF is at work. Outside, breathingrepparttar 123706 spring fresh air, it is easy to recall an earlier positive spring memory. Perhaps it is remembering yourself racing your bicycle down a hill on a spring day, or coming home exhausted and hungry after playing baseball. Maybe it'srepparttar 123707 exciting feeling of a crush inrepparttar 123708 seventh grade combined with smelling honeysuckle or lavender as you walked home together. The images are boundless. Even for those of us who experienced difficult growing up days, we still have positive memories often awakened by our senses this time ofrepparttar 123709 year.

Train Your Brain, Or Cook Your Goose!

Written by Richard Vegas


One day while in deep meditation and self analysis, a paralyzed man discoveredrepparttar most important person he would ever meet in his life. He saw very clearly that HE was a "mind with a body". And, right then he maderepparttar 123699 most important decision he would ever make. Discover what it was.

Have you ever considered this, that probably one ofrepparttar 123700 greatest advantages ofrepparttar 123701 subconscious mind is it's ability to be "trained" or programmed?

Yeah, I can hear somebody saying now, "my mind is as trained as that Aflac duck" and it sounds like it too quacking at me.. That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking aboutrepparttar 123702 ability to visualize your intended destination or goal.

Visualizing is just a form of imagery. Seeing pretty pictures in your mind. Everybody sees in pictures. We don't think in words, we think in pictures. If I say to yourepparttar 123703 word "dog", you didn't thinkrepparttar 123704 letters "d-o-g", you saw an image of that ugly mutt that you own. Don't get mad at me now, I'm just kidding, he's probably a pretty mutt. :>)

When you visualize what you want, this createsrepparttar 123705 tendency to get you onrepparttar 123706 right track and headed inrepparttar 123707 right direction. It gets you into action. Then your activities become fun and you are motivated to payrepparttar 123708 price necessary to achieve your goals.

Yeah, but I'm special…..I'm already turbo charged!!

Yeah, you're a turbo alright. Listen, No one gets their body into action without their mind first orchestrating it. You may be turbo charged until you come up against a brick wall then your mind better kick in gear, or your body will strip a cog. You know what a cog is, don't you, turbo? he…he…

That's whatrepparttar 123709 paralyzed man discovered. Byrepparttar 123710 end of this article, you'll know what he did.

Opportunities Abound!

For you to think, study, and Plan. When you do, you'll organize your time, money andrepparttar 123711 more you meditaterepparttar 123712 more enthusiastic you'll become. The more enthusiastic you become,repparttar 123713 more that enthusiasm turns into burning desire. That's when good things start coming your way.

You then are alerted to opportunities in your everyday life as they present themselves. Because you visualized what you wanted through thinking, studying, and planning first, in your subconscious, you are much more likely to recognize good things when they show up.

Suddenly, Something Happened!

This is where it gets good. Ok, it's time to find out what happened to our paralyzed friend. He was completely incapacitated late in life and barely able to move his body. He would have ended his life as a hopeless invalid if something hadn't happened to him. It broughtrepparttar 123714 kind of joy and happiness that only comes from achievement and financial success.

The whole process came about when he realized he could train his brain. Yes, he said my body is paralyzed. But, my mind is not. He could think, plan, and meditate. And, one day while meditating he met that most important person.

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