I\u2019m preparing a little talk at my local library for
\n\u201cHealth Week,\u201d an event targeted for baby boomers. My
\ntopic, \u201cFive Simple Things You Can Do to Protect Your
\nHeart and Brain,\u201d seems pretty straightforward. But I\u2019m
\nguessing people\u2019s receptivity to my thoughts will
\ndepend on their agenda–conscious or not.<\/p>\n
What would yours be?<\/p>\n
Would you be there with open curiosity and willingness
\nto do all you can to care for yourself so that you can
\nhave confidence in your body and mind as you age?<\/p>\n
Would you be there with suspicion, ready to challenge
\nanything that doesn\u2019t agree with your already
\nestablished ideas about your health, or to challenge me
\nbecause I\u2019m not an authority you\u2019ve chosen to trust?<\/p>\n
Would you be there with resistance, part of you hoping
\nfor something easy to do, and part of you certain that
\nI\u2019ll tell you to do something you won\u2019t want to, or
\ncan\u2019t do?<\/p>\n
Would you be there with a hundred questions,
\nunconsciously engaging in a habit of using all your
\nenergy to stay in doubt, uncertainty, confusion, and
\nindecision rather than picking a direction and moving
\nforward?<\/p>\n
If your thought was that you wouldn\u2019t be there at all,
\nwhy?<\/p>\n
Having read this far, you\u2019ve perhaps engaged your
\nthinking. Pause for a moment and notice how you feel.<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
Now, I invite you to step back and think of someone who
\nloves you, however imperfectly. Or, to think of someone
\nor something you love, even if not perfectly.<\/p>\n
When you are in a space of love, you can be receptive
\nto ideas\u2014your own wisdom and inspiration, and useful
\nideas of others. In a space of love, you\u2019ll be able to
\nfeel what is right for you, without needing to fight
\nagainst what isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
When you read or listen to \u201cThe Science of Being Well,\u201d
\nyou may find yourself engaging your thinking mind, and
\nagreeing or disagreeing with Mr. Wattles. Notice how
\nyou feel if you approach the book from this
\nperspective.<\/p>\n
But notice what happens when you step back and just
\nfeel the love of this man who witnessed healing and
\nwanted so much to help others, however imperfect his
\nexplanations. <\/p>\n
Notice what happens if you let yourself feel my love
\nfor you, however imperfectly I may express it, and even
\nif we may have never met. <\/p>\n
And notice what happens, if you believe in God, or
\nbelieve in some other loving non-physical power, and
\nyou let yourself feel love pouring into and all around
\nyou?<\/p>\n
When you are in the space of love, what happens to the
\nimportance of micro-managing your thoughts, what and
\nhow you eat, whether or not you sleep with your windows
\nopen, how far you walked yesterday?<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not that the details don\u2019t matter. They are
\nwonderful tools for demonstrating your own caring for
\nyourself. But when you find yourself in your head,
\nfeeling anything but joyfully curious, try widening
\nback into your heart. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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