| NOT ABOUT WAITING FOR THE STORMS TO | | | | toward Gods ways many many years before all of |
| PASS | | | | this. Even my faith in his healing power did not help |
| It’s about learning how to dance in the rain. | | | | me. |
| It’s a recognized fact to day by health | | | | What I did know was that there was an answer. |
| practitioners of all kinds and also by the medical | | | | That was one thing I was sure of. It’s simply |
| fraternity that heart problems can be attributed to | | | | the way things were created, there’s an |
| stress. I know, this is where I found myself after a | | | | answer for every challenge. |
| lifetime of taking care of and honoring my body. I | | | | I found mine. |
| could not believe that I was the one who had such a | | | | Without a Vision the People Perish. |
| result after all that I had done over my entire adult | | | | A Merry Heart does good like a Medicine. |
| lifetime. | | | | When the stresses of life get you down you need |
| I know from my own personal experiences that | | | | to get happy. It’s as simple as that. You need |
| stress can get at you even when you are totally | | | | to get excited about your future, enjoy your present |
| unaware that it even exists in your life. It’s a | | | | and radiate peace and happiness out from you. |
| sneaky furtive enemy that creeps up on you and can | | | | Is that easy to do when your world has crashed |
| strike unaware showing up in a variety of illnesses | | | | around your ears? NO not easy, but it is possible. |
| and diseases even though you can be quite health | | | | Here are some things to do and to set into your |
| conscious by not abusing your body in the variety of | | | | subconscious to help you get started on your new |
| ways most people do. | | | | and exciting journey into happiness. |
| Stress can get you if you do not smoke, drink at all, | | | | 1.Decide: Happiness is not a feeling; it’s a |
| have plenty of sleep, eat good quality foods, even | | | | choice of your will. Decide to be happy. Make your |
| when you do great things like taking good | | | | decision stand. Do not allow unhappy thoughts more |
| supplements and minerals, eating only whole grain | | | | than 1 minute then replace them with a happy |
| breads, plenty of veges and fruits as I always have. | | | | thought. |
| Stress doesn’t care, it will override your best | | | | It’s up to you. Your success depends upon |
| efforts. | | | | you and no one else. |
| So what do we do about it? | | | | 2. Sing, at the top of your voice, and often. The |
| If you are like me you will want an answer, a | | | | more the better. Be sensible with your choice of |
| solution. | | | | song and the words. Only happy uplifting or beautiful |
| It took me a few months but I finally found my | | | | songs should be chosen. Remember you are what |
| answers and these are what I am sharing in this | | | | you eat (or sing/speak). A great song I find uplifting |
| article. | | | | is Joy is a Flag flown High from the Castle of my |
| The secrets I uncovered are in the lines at the | | | | Heart |
| beginning of this article. | | | | 3. Dance daily, even people in wheelchairs can dance. |
| We need to learn how to dance in the rain. | | | | If the legs won’t work the body, head and |
| How do we learn to dance and sing when out whole | | | | arms maybe can. Just dance. |
| world is apparently tumbling down, falling apart? | | | | 4. Laugh. Everyone today must have heard how |
| For me my world tumbling down was financial | | | | beneficial and healing laughter is. The good news is |
| pressure, the end of a dream, the closing up of my | | | | that according to Dr Linda Mintle even if your laughter |
| life. | | | | is fake it still works. Just laugh anyway. |
| I am a farmer, have been all my life. Drought had | | | | 5. Goals :Get your vision back or if you do not have a |
| devastated my families farming future, had taken | | | | vision get one. Without goals to strive toward we |
| away our ability to earn an income, our dream, our | | | | perish. It’s that simple. Goals are to be written |
| vision, the excitement of being alive. Almost all of our | | | | down, in a safe place, and reviewed from time to |
| cows and heifers were gone, sold before we saw | | | | time to keep them up to date. Do short term goals, |
| them starve. | | | | medium term goals and long term goals. 1 week, |
| I learned to detach from being able to grow the | | | | 1month, 1 year, 5 years. Write them down. |
| things that I loved the most, green grass, crops for | | | | As you achieve your goals tick them off and |
| livestock, beautiful fat calves and lambs. I lost control | | | | celebrate, reward yourself. |
| of our animals feed and therefore lost control of our | | | | If you do not achieve a goal in the allotted time span |
| future. It was taken away from me and over the | | | | then just move your goal posts out a little further |
| 6-7 years my health slowly deteriorated until I was | | | | until you do achieve your goal. Give yourself a treat |
| rushed to hospital one night frightened for my life | | | | when you do achieve that goal. |
| with a heart that was doing crazy and weird things. | | | | Be sensible and wise with your goals. Do not set |
| I had nowhere to turn as I already was health | | | | unachievable goals, this will only disappoint you and |
| conscious; I was already doing the right thing by my | | | | self destruct your good work. |
| body. I am also a Christian and had already turned | | | | 6. |