How to Handle Life's Problems (Business and
Personal)
© Craig Lock 2001
Try to enrich your life at all times. Your life is a gift -
so enjoy it to the absolute fullest. But when things are going well (or so we
think), suddenly things go radically wrong and our whole lives get turned upside
down.
Why is it that certain people have fewer problems and are
less ill than others. They are happier people; because their OUTLOOK ON LIFE is
different. I think so. They seem to have a power and control over their own
lives. Something I don't seem to have at the moment - enough negative thoughts,
Craig!
The mind influences how we feel, how our body reacts to
certain events and chiefly how successful we are in work and play. Therefore, it
is a very strong force in our lives. When we first encounter adversity or severe
trauma, it is our mind which has to cope with the unexpected. We first feel an
intense shock, then there is disbelief, an overwhelming numbness,
disorientation, consuming pain, panic...and finally exhaustion. These are very
real responses for you in a major life crisis, which are difficult for others to
understand. These reactions can vary in intensity and duration, depending on
your personality make-up. Are you highly strung and an intense and sensitive
"little soul", like me?
The power of the mind is exemplified with placebos (nice
word, that!). An ineffectual glass of water or a pill WILL make you feel better,
when you believe it has medicinal properties and CAN help you (this is known as
a placebo - nice sounding word, eh?). They can also relax you more, help you to
feel less anxious, fearful and enable you to sleep better. People with cancer
can outlive the predictions of the medical fraternity, when they have faith and
BELIEVE they will get better. On the other hand, on diagnosis of cancer some
patient's conditions deteriorate drastically. They have now lost hope of ever
getting better. It really is all in the mind (our health and everything that
happens to us) and depends on our ATTITUDE to life. A positive attitude helps
greatly in health and in happiness. If we rather see hardship as a challenge, it
will greatly help us to pull through. That's what keeps me going here! I believe
that people with strong minds can even postpone death. However, what normally
happens in our daily lives? We usually tend to make excuses and find scapegoats
for our condition, our "poor" situations. However, I definitely
believe obstacles do not have to be insurmountable roadblocks on the pathway to
achievement, success or happiness - because the mind is a very powerful tool. If
used properly, it can be a very strong positive force in our lives.
Our reactions come out of our feelings and our feelings
come out of what we believe about ourselves.
Even in the midst of the biggest life problems and severest
human crises, you still have a CHOICE:
You have FREEDOM to choose your thoughts, to THINK what you
want.
So, EMPOWER yourself by gaining control of the MIND... and
BELIEVE in your UNIQUENESS as an individual - the special qualities you possess
to make a DIFFERENCE (even a smidgen, nice word) on the wondrous and beautiful
planet earth.
BE HAPPY
Craig Lock
"When you can see no light at the end of the tunnel,
light your own candle and let your light illuminate the world, like the radiance
from a window at midnight." -
Craig Lock
About the author:
Craig Lock studies the human mind (the "last unexplored frontier") and
has had six books published on various subjects with another 12 manuscripts
published and marketed on the internet.
Craig's books are available at:
http://www.nzenterprise.com/writer/books.html and
http://www.novelty-gift.com/ebooks.html
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