This day; this moment, is all you've got. It's the only thing you can have control over. Yesterday with all its mistakes, disappointments and sorrows is gone forever. Even its happy moments and triumphs have disappeared. Yes, the pain and the elation live on in your memory. But, there is absolutely nothing you can do to alter any of it.
Tomorrow is yet to come. It is very important to hold a dream in your heart and work towards it with all your mind and soul. However, what are you doing right now? Are you fretting about the past, allowing past hurts to control what you're doing today? Today is a new day! It's fresh and clean, like the first crocus springing up through the snow! You're singing and smiling ... then you're out the door. A motorist cuts you off, the traffic light is way too long, the subway door bangs in your face as you're ready to jump on, your boss who's having a bad day dumps on you... on and on it goes.
Suddenly you're back in "yesterday" again! You remember that you're short-tempered and have little patience. The devil whispers in your ear that you're inadequate, that if you had not spent that little extra time with the Lord you would have made the subway in time... and on it goes. That is the time to quickly take stock of your situation - before you entertain those kind of thoughts! Tell your mind to focus on the fact that Jesus made you His heir. You are now, this very moment, seated in heavenly places. He has told you that He is your peace, that He loves you, that you're not inadequate and that when you asked Him for forgiveness, whatever the devil is trying to bring back to your remembrance has been cast in the sea of forgetfulness by Him.
So, if you have been forgiven and God has no memory of it, then no devil in hell has any right to remind you of your past failures! Therefore, if anyone refers to your unpleasant past, just tell yourself: that's not hurting anymore. It's gone! Now direct your thoughts immediately to something nice - even if it hurts momentarily! Today is your gift. Live it as if it is your very last day - after all we never know when the Lord calls us home. Enjoy it with peace, joy and being a blessing to others.
"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength." (Isa. 26:3-4). Yes, you know - that's the bottom line, right? In verse 20, the Lord gives you a personal invitation: "Come, my people, enter thou into my chambers, and shut the doors about thee; hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast." Wow! Does He have a Word for every situation, or what?! A momentary pause may be all you need in any hurtful situation. Create a sudden need, if you have to. The Lord is even in the bathroom! If that can be used as an excuse to take some quick time out in a busy situation, like in the office, then do so and go spend a moment with the Lord and set your mind on Him, shutting out everything else! Today is all you've got! Go and enjoy it!
What is this chronic condition that causes inflammation, swelling and distortion of the joints? Medically speaking,arthritis is a name that covers many inflammatory conditions of the joints and muscles, extremely painful symptoms that make moving, sitting and sleeping difficult, even impossible at times. Often as not, the only relief is from pain-killing drugs, steroids, etc. Sadly, these drugs lose their effect after a while and the patient is no better off.
Although millions of dollars have been spent on clinical research into arthritic conditions, we seem to be no further forward in our quest to find a cure. But all is not gloom and doom, for in the alternative field of medicine there is, at last, a strong possibility of a breakthrough. Certainly, ongoing research carried out by many experts in this field, including myself, have borne this out, often producing quite remarkable results.
Even allowing for the fact that a tendency towards arthritis, rheumatism, etc., can be inherited, incorrect diet and lifestyle are also contributory factors, lending a great deal of credence to the saying "We are what we eat and do".
In nigh on forty years as a psychologist and nutritional therapist, I have found that stress is an important factor in causing and prolonging chronic ill health. It's of the utmost importance, therefore, that we learn to recognise stress and learn how to tackle it head on. Believe it or not, most people don't know they are chronically stressed. They are not aware of the important role their emotions play in making them ill or keeping them well.
In recent years, scientific research has learned a great deal about how the mind affects the body, for good or ill. It is imperative, therefore, that we learn how to control our fears by separating the ones which are based on fact and those that are figments of our imagination. In other words, "never cross a bridge until you come to it", as the saying goes.
Believe it or not, a faulty or inadequate diet and some of the common foods we eat can also stress our body. For example, few of us realise that for the most part we are addicted to salt. Salt is a stimulant which hits the adrenal glands causing the body to go into a stress reaction. Just like sugar, salt gives us a 'high', consequently, we consume far too much of both these substances.
Because our blood is naturally 80% alkaline, we need alkaline forming foods such as fruit, vegetables, yoghurt and certain seeds to keep it that way. An all-acid meal such as egg on toast with coffee uses up calcium and other minerals in our body's attempt to restore the alkaline balance. I have always found that it is difficult to heal arthritis in an acid body, therefore, our intake should be 80% alkaline and 20% acid.
From the aforementioned basic examples, you can see how important it is to incorporate psychological and dietary management techniques when treating arthritic, rheumatism and other chronic inflammatory conditions. By so-doing, mental and physical improvement can be quite amazing in many cases.
The holistic approach (treating the whole body) is, in my view, essential if an improvement or cure for arthritis is to be achieved. Treating the symptoms will lead nowhere and the misery and suffering will continue unabated as sure as night follows day!
The advantage of 'alternative' methods of treatment is that they can be used in conjunction with 'allopathic' (conventional) regimes. Always remember, even though you may have been told by your doctor or consultant that there is nothing more that can be done for your condition, this is from a conventional, drug-orientated viewpoint. Sadly, this somewhat narrow-minded and thoughtless statement often results in a feeling of hopelessness in many patients who consult me for the first time. Please remember, there is always something that can be done and as an 'alternative' practitioner I know this is true- without a shadow of doubt!
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