28 Laws of Attraction

Danny, being in chiropractic school, has afforded us several opportunities to experience greatness. Every quarter the school lines up speakers that Danny hears as part of the curriculum. They have additional seminars called lifesource, and these are filled with amazing speakers as well. This weekend is homecoming, and it is more of the same, wonderful speakers. Knowing my passion Danny and I either go together or divide and conquer to experience as much of this powerful knowledge as possible. Thursday night I had the chance to hear Dr. Guy Reikeman. When I have the chance to hear these empowering speakers I can't take it in fast enough. I leave on a high and know that I can take on the world. Someday I will be standing on a stage and sharing the passion that I have for life with others. I only hope to do it as well as those that have inspired me, and to lead others to want to experience life.
Tonight Dr. Reikeman shared the 28 laws of attraction. I am not going to share all 28, you will have to find that on your own, I have picked several of my favorites to share. Danny also wanted me to add that when FIF gets to long he won't read it so he encourages a short post.

**While the ideas are from the speaker the words and thoughts are my own**

1. The people who attract abundance are selfish. Not in a negative way, but in focusing on learning and growing and becoming better so they can give more to others. How many times have you heard that a mother that isn't taking care of her own needs will struggle to meet all of her children's needs. You can't help others unless you are helping yourself.

2. Unhook from the future. The law of attraction works in the present. If you are spending all of your time focusing on what is to come, you will miss what has arrived. On Oprah a few years back there was a man who mentioned the habit of holding out for what is coming is like a disease. Along with having a misguided focus, you miss out on the goodness that is happening RIGHT NOW!

3. Become irresistibly attractive to yourself. Learn to love yourself. The more your love yourself the more attractive you become to others. I will never forget the day that I was thinking about love. I was thinking about why Danny would love me, and I had a life changing moment when my first thought was "why wouldn't he love me, I love me, and think that I am worth and deserve his love." If you had asked me if I loved myself before this I would have said yes, but I know that until that moment I wouldn't have meant it from my core. Now I know that I love myself all the way, and I think that I am deserving of the love I get from others.

A great life is attractive a great LIFESTYLE is seductive.

4. Eliminate delay, time is expensive. Wasting time is unattractive, are we wasting the moment. As Danny and I start making plans to finish school and start a practice this advice has become invaluable. I remember hearing my grandma say often, why put off until tomorrow, what you can do today.

5. Get your needs met, find your own happiness. It is the complainers in this life that are seeking for others to meet their needs. Until you realize that you and your needs are your responsibility you will drag others down as you wait for them to bring you up. If your needs are unmet you will attract other likes that. My mom always said misery loves company...

6. Tolerate nothing, how do you hold others, and yourself responsible for what is going on. I didn't truly learn this lesson until I worked at Discover Card. It is one of life's most important lessons, the ability to accept responsibility for the good AND the bad.

7. Show others how to please you, don't make them guess. Dr. Phil has always said you teach people how to treat you. If someone does something to you that you don't like, they won't stop doing it until you show them how you WANT to be treated.

8. Endorse your worst weakness, when you can accept your own weaknesses you can understand others better. See my FIF from last week empathy is empowering.

9. Sensitize yourself, the more you can feel the more you'll connect to others.

10. See perfection in the present, even when it's clearly not there. I LOVE THIS ONE!

11. Have a vision, when you can see what's coming you don't need to create a future.

12. Be more human, at the end of the day we are all human, and just want someone to connect with.

***Celebrate what is right with the world, don't wallow in what is wrong****

Ignorance

Ignorance.
I think this is something that is hard to admit that we have, or we delightfully exclaim that ignorance is bliss. I am guilty of both, however, my feelings towards admitting ignorance has changed as well as my thoughts that it is bliss.

In order to better prepare myself for this I looked up ignorance in the dictionary. While the first definition was slightly insulting, LACK OF EDUCATION, stupidity, foolishness, blindness, illiteracy, benightedness, unenlightenment, unintelligence, mental darkness. I found the second definition to more accurately describe the ignorance I have or have had. It described ignorance as UNAWARENESS OF, inexperience of, unfamiliarity with, innocence of, unconsciousness of, greenness about, oblivion about. The two adjectives that stick out most to me are unawareness and innocence of. I think both are something that I have overcome, or am working on overcoming.

In all the changes we have made regarding our health and lifestyles the thing I have learned the most about has been sympathy and empathy. While I have always had a knack for listening and comforting others this has been taken to a new level. Because I have experienced life one way, and now experience life another my ability to be sympathetic is greater. My capacity to love, and show compassion without sharing my own obstacles has heightened, and the way I show my sympathy has changed. I used to listen and be compassionate by sharing my own similar experiences. I choose now to listen and comfort while trying to redirect energy to the positive and expand on the good, or simply stick with listening. While I have experienced life events that seem devastating at the time one thing has been consistent for me, life moves on. With this I have two choices, I can pick up as many pieces as I can put a smile on my face and move on with life, or I can sit in my misery puddle and let life pass me by. Having done both I know which one is more beneficial for me and those around me.

I am often confronted by those who are shocked and amazed that I have four children with a fifth on the way. Just today a woman commented that she was surprised that I still had hair. Confused I touched my hair and said what? She responded saying she was surprised that I hadn’t pulled it all out with the stress that I must have from my children and having a husband who is gone so much. She asked how I did it. I have a simple answer for that, I just do. And I try my hardest to do it with a smile. Some days are hard or really hard and I won’t lie and say that I think raising four kids is easy, but is it supposed to be? Is being a parent supposed to be easy? A parent with two children faces challenges just as a parent with eight children does. It is not the challenge that needs focus it is having the skills to deal with the challenge that are important. In this situation size does not matter, skills do.

I told Danny I struggle with how to respond when people comment to me that I sure have my hands full, or something of that nature, I always felt my response played into the fact that indeed my hands were full and I was overworked and underpaid. I was so grateful the day the inspired response came to me of “I know, aren’t I lucky.” This has stopped a few people in their tracks, and usually puts a smile on the comment maker’s face. Positive energy is sometimes hard to come by, I try my hardest to deliver it wherever I can. The best thing about this response is that some days I do feel like my hands aren’t big enough, but I redirect myself when I focus on the blessing and not the challenge.

What does this have to do with ignorance? I was ignorant in my understanding that my reactions to others could affect their energy as well as my own and I was a more selfish person. I learned a great lesson from a healer. He has studied for many years and is very learned in what he practices. When explaining to us what his response to those who tell him that what he is doing is foolish or stupid, he doesn’t respond with anger or malice. He told us that it simply causes him to love them more. I believe that this is how Christ loves us. He loves us for the things we know, but loves us even more for the things we are ignorant in. I know that if we have a sincere desire in our heart to replace ignorance with truth Christ with bless us with a path to gain this knowledge. I have had moments of pure intelligence, and simple epiphanies that I know are a blessing for having my heart in the right place, and my mind open to receive the answers to my questions.

Am I still ignorant, certainly, am I working on this? My desire to gain knowledge is greater now than it has ever been before. I know that next to my relationship with Heavenly Father and Jesus, and my family the knowledge that I have and gain is the most important thing to me. I am grateful to have the gift of the Holy Ghost who lets my heart know when I have found truth, or when I am simply dealing with the philosophies of men. My mom said it best to me the other day as I was describing what is what like listening to Dr. Ted Morter speak. I mentioned that I almost felt like I was listening to general conference, to that she replied “truth is truth is doesn’t matter where it is coming from.” It made me realize that sometimes you will know the truth in your heart long before you are able to accept it in your head.

Flu, Influenza Quick Facts

It's that time of year again, the weather is starting to change, the leaves are changing colors, and it's time to pull out the winter clothes. As my mind turns to the beauty of the changing of the seasons, one can't help but think about the illness that comes with colder weather. To some this means it's time for the Flu Shot. So today I thought I would take a moment to hit some highlights about influenza, and the flu shot.
(This is all information from a wonderful book Vaccine Safety Manual by Neil Z. Miller, every statistic that I quote below is documented in a medical/scientific journal somewhere. If you are curious for more specifics please let me know.Amazon.com Vaccine Safety Manual)

What is the Flu (Influenza)?
A contagious respiratory infection, that is viral in nature. It usually strikes during the winter. Symptoms include; fever, chills, runny nose, sore throat, cough, headache, fatigue, decreased appetite. Improvement is usually seen within 2-3 days. Best to allow it to run course while increasing fluids and resting. NO ANTIBIOTICS, it's viral...

How dangerous is the flu?
In HIGH RISK GROUPS it can lead to pneumonia. Those who are considered high risk are; elderly people, people with preexisting medical problems , such as heart, lung or kidney dysfunctions. People with diabetes, anemia, or compromised immune systems are also at greater risk of complications from the flu.

How common is the flu?
Thousands of people contract the flu annually. It is common because the three main flu viruses can mutate from year to year making it difficult to develop immunity.

Preventing the flu WITHOUT a shot:
The CDC itself has a few common sense suggestions to helping prevent the flu
1. Wash your hands with warm soap and water.
Everyday when my girls get home from school the first thing they do is wash their hands.
2. Stay home if you are sick, this helps you heal faster, and helps stop the spread of the flu.
3. Do things to stay healthy.
I took a moment and thought about what makes the summer different than the winter in respect to why we become more susceptible to the flu. (The flu virus is just as prevalent in June as it is in December, it doesn't fly in on Santa's Sleigh). These are just a few of the things I came up with.
Food: in the summer we are surrounded by fresh fruits and vegetables, insuring we are getting adequate Vitamin C. So I recommend a Vitamin C supplement and this is the brand I would highly suggest Himalaya Amla C. You can buy it online are at a whole foods store.
Sunlight: Vitamin D is essential to our health, 15 minutes in the sunshine withOUT sunscreen helps with this. If you can't get that than I suggest a supplement for this as well.
Activity: In the summer there is always so much going on in the winter we can get caught in sitting a lot. Go EXERCISE!
Stress: With all of the holidays there is a lot on our plates (literally and figuratively). Take is easy, pace yourself, and don't be afraid to say no to some things. Do it for your Health!
PREVENTION is the best medicine!

Is there a flu vaccine?
Yes, every year in January or February authorities travel overseas to start their "guessing" of what strains will be at play the next flue season. I remember that just last year the guess was wrong, rendering the shot that so many got completely ineffective. The doctor may argue that by getting the shot you are lessing the effect of the flu virus you don't contract, if anyone can explain the logic behind this I'm all ears. To me this is the same logic as saying that if you get a flu vaccine and contract the chicken pox it will be less severe. The strain is also chosen by how well it is grown in eggs. Anyone with an egg allergy should NOT get the shot.

How Safe is the Flu Vaccine?
Although the doctors may claim that a negative reaction to the flu shot is not possible it is documented, VAERS reports show otherwise. Also, how many times have you spoken with someone (or been that someone) who gets the flu after getting the shot? The speaks to what the vaccine is designed for, to stimulate the immune system by mimicking the disease. I would rather do things to improve my health, and take my chances that I "might" get the flu, rather than inject the flu into mine or my child's arm. More adverse reactions

How effective is the Flu Shot?
In 2005 the Lancet published a review of all pertinent studies done on children and the flu vaccine. The review concluded that the safety of the flu vaccine in children in unknown. Most studies were not designed to assess severe reactions, and they also found evidence of systematic suppression of safety data. Researchers also found NO EVIDENCE that the vaccine prevented the flu in children under two. READ= VACCINE DOESN'T WORK IN CHILDREN UNDER TWO.
In 2004 they vaccine was under produced and only 50% of the people who usually get a shot were able to be vaccinated. That year the death rate from the flu was 1,265, 527 LESS than the previous year. A 30% reduction hmmmmm
A study was done worldwide and determined that in healthy children from 2 years old and up was only 33% effective, and again showed that in children under 2 they reached the same results as the placebo.

In 1999 just 25 children under the age of 5 died from the flu, in 2003 after the CDC began recommending the vaccine 90 children under the age of 5 died a 7 fold increase...
I know how we will be approaching the "flu season" and it WON'T include a trip to the doctor!