Years ago I heard two stories that have and are having a profound effect on my life. Both are related to training and both are pictures of how limiting beliefs can stop us of achieving greatness. It is said that when an elephant is young it is tied to a huge post; one much bigger than necessary to keep the animal from breaking free. As the elephant tries and tries to break free day after day it finally gives up. The elephant is conditioned to believe it cannot escape. As it grows, the post it is tied to becomes no match for the elephant's mighty strength, however because of its conditioning it doesn't even try to break free. The second story was told by Zig Ziglar. I heard it years ago, so Zig, don't take offense if I don't tell it exactly right. In an experiment, fleas were placed in a jar with cellophane placed over its mouth. An air supply was provided. When first placed in the jar, the fleas jump and jumped hitting the cellophane at the mouth of the jar. They tried and tried until one day they no longer jumped that high. I guess they were getting tired of hitting there heads against the cellophane! Do fleas have heads? Eventually the cellophane was taken away and not one of the fleas tried to escape. Why? They gave up because they were conditioned to believe that they could not get out. We also, since our birth, were conditioned and this conditioning formed beliefs within us. And many of these beliefs are LIMITING! Let's say you came from a family with below average income. You saw your father and mother struggle from pay check to pay check to make ends meet. Over time you may have formed a belief that everyone in your family has to live this way because no one in your family tree ever became rich. Then one day you had a dream of having your own network marketing company and becoming a millionaire. The dream is real and wonderful, but for some reason you go from program to program failing time and time again. You blame everyone and everything. However, the problem may be your limiting beliefs. You may say, I believe I can be a millionaire! But inwardly, deep down, there is the hidden limiting belief that says you can't. What we want to believe and our limiting beliefs cannot dwell together. They create conflict. In order for a new belief to take hold, we must dig up the limiting belief, feel its pain and let go of it! One way to do this is to write it out on a piece of paper. Make sure you feel the pain of the limiting belief that is holding you back. Then write out the new belief on a separate piece of paper; one that empowers and excites you...then burn the paper with the old limiting belief. Get rid of it. Even if you have to put it through the shredder! Take the new belief and read it aloud daily. Feel the excitement and pleasure it brings you. The key word is to feel it. These rich feelings will draw the things you desire into your life, now that the conflict is gone. Once we recognize and deal with our limiting beliefs we can form new ones that will help bring the things we truly want into our lives. I will give you one of my famous Bible stories... There was a woman, who according to the Bible, had an issue of blood for 38 years. She went from doctor to doctor and not one could cure her of her hemorrhaging. She had a belief that only doctors could help her. Well, eventually she spent all she had to no avail. She was desperate and helpless. One day she heard about a man named Jesus who was healing all manner of sicknesses. She abandoned her old limiting belief that only doctors could save her and formed a new one, "If only I could touch the hem of His garment I will be healed." The crowds were pressing Jesus, but that did not deter this woman's acting according to her new belief. She crawled on the ground until she reached Jesus and touched His garment. At once she was healed and at the same time Jesus perceived power had gone out from Him. When Jesus perceived the power released from Him, He asked, "Who touched Me?" The disciples basically said, "Are you nuts; the crowds are pressing against you!" But Jesus replied, "No, someone touched me." At once the woman rose up and admitted that she was the one who touched him. Jesus said to her, "Your faith has made you well." Her new belief brought her the healing she craved. Friend, if something is stopping you from achieving your dreams, you can be sure that there is a limiting belief lurking in the depths of your being that is keeping you from reaching those dreams. Maybe it's been there for 38 years like the hemorrhaging woman. To dig it out you may need some coaching. If you are in a good program, your sponsor should be able to help you through the use of questions. If not, contact me and let's see what we can do to expose those limiting beliefs and deal with them so you can attract to the things you truly want in your life. 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Sunday, November 25, 2007
Family Tree - Limiting Beliefs - The Dream Killers
Family Tree - The American Melting Pot Myth
Most myths have some element of truth in them. The 'melting pot' that media of all sorts (which includes our propaganda in law and education) tell us became America, is another of the half-truths or superficial observations which deserves a little study if we are to accept the deeper potential meaning in it. John Hope Franklin of Duke University is a respected Black scholar who says some powerful words after pointing out the kind of thing that media managers or manipulators galore have said about the open-minded American with no reason to bring prejudices to this new and exciting land of opportunity. I would point out that it was not so new and historians like himself have participated in a cover-up but let us see what this man has to say about the 'melting pot'. People do not generally like to find out that they have 'bastards' in their family tree and the woodpiles of America created a lot of 'bastards'. My father used to tell us about the Virginia legislature and legislation proposed that would make anyone with any black blood not able to sit and participate in it. This was the early 1950s not the 1850s. One legislator did the research that most Americans will not even do about their own family. He did not get more than half way through exposing every member of the legislature for their mulatto blood when the others were all in an uproar and clamoring that he must b silenced. "This was one of the earliest expressions of the notion that the process of Americanization involved the creation of an entirely new mode of life that would replace the ethnic backgrounds of those who were a part of the process. It contained some imprecisions and inaccuracies that would, in time, became {become?} a part of the lore or myth of the vaunted melting pot and would grossly misrepresent the crucial factor of ethnicity in American life. It ignored the tenacity with which the Pennsylvania Dutch held onto their language, religion, and way of life. It over-looked the way in which the Swedes of New Jersey remained Swedes and the manner in which the French Huguenots of New York and Charleston held onto their own past as though it was the source of all light and life. It described a process that in a distant day would gag at the notion that Irish Catholics could be assimilated on the broad lap of Alma Mater or that Asians could be seated on the basis of equality at the table of the Great American Feast." (8) Needless to say he also addresses the matter of black emancipation and those who were 'already in the country' though I do not think he was referring to the blacks who were here long before Columbus. In fact there was no race that had not been coming to America since before the time of Christ. Genetics is indeed a powerful tool used in court to free innocent victims of our justice system but so far our history is still allowing lies to victimize our cultural perspectives or myths. It is important that we act as if there is no race except the human race. Author of Diverse Druids, Columnist for The ES Press Magazine, Guest writer for World-Mysteries.com Article Source:http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Robert_Baird |
Family Tree - Discover How Breast Cancer Awareness Can Benefit You
You have undoubted run across many of the breast cancer awareness days and sessions that appear around the country sporadically. These are usually put on by a local group, a church, or sponsored by the American Cancer Society to promote breast cancer awareness in the community. You might be wondering why your breast cancer awareness level should be raised and what benefit that represents for you, but all you need to do is look at the statistics about the reported cases of breast cancer. The reported cases of breast cancer has been rising steadily year after year, and for the coming year, the American Cancer Society estimates that there will be more than 200,000 diagnosed cases. Even scarier is that they also estimate that more than 40,000 of those cases of breast cancer will die from it. Here is an even scarier fact for you -- did you know that breast cancer is not limited to women? Yes it is true. The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be about 1600 cases of breast cancer in MEN this year, and that about 400 of them will die. So are you starting to see where breast cancer awareness is starting to be important to you and your health? With statistics like this, it is no wonder that they want to promote breast cancer awareness as much as possible. Many people do not take this disease seriously, even despite these statistics. Although it is difficult to believe, there are many people who have not had a checkup or medical exam in the past 4, 5, or 10 years or more. How can you possibly take your health seriously if you do not have regular checkups and exams from your doctor or medical professional? One way is of course to raise your breast cancer awareness level since that is a disease where there is currently not a known cure. Your best option for fighting breast cancer is to get early detection and early diagnosis. When breast cancer is detected early, your chances of being able to cope with it, to fight it, and via treatments like chemo, there are many documented cases of people who have beat it. But if it had not been detected and diagnosed early, those would almost certainly be different stories with radically different outcomes. What about those people who have not had a medical examination in the past 4 or 5 years? If they have developed breast cancer in that timeframe, it will certainly not be considered an early diagnosis and could even mean another fatality from breast cancer. You need to become knowledgeable about the typical symptoms of breast cancer, and if you detect any of those symptoms at home, you should schedule a checkup with your doctor as soon as possible. For women of ages 18 to about 40, you should plan to schedule a checkup with your doctor once about every 2-3 years. For women over 40, that checkup should be not less than annually. Although breast cancer has not conclusively been determined to be hereditary, you might want to consider having checkups even more often is there is a history of cancer in your family tree. Keeping these statistics in mind, your level of breast cancer awareness should be raised where these regular checkups should be at the forefront of your mind. Raise your breast cancer awareness levels and get those checkups. Be aware of the symptoms and if you see any of them, be sure to get an exam soon. Remember, the best chances for beating breast cancer are early detection and early diagnosis. Jon is a prolific writer with expertise in a number of areas. Find out more information about Breast Cancer Awareness at his web site, http://breast-cancer-explained.com/breast_cancer_awareness.php Article Source:http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Jon_Arnold |