The Power to Change

When I was just 16 I remember going to Florida with my sister-in-law and her mother. It was a long car trip from Indiana to Florida and I remember my sister-in-law feeling sick to her stomach. Her mother told her to put on some lipstick and it might make her feel better. It sounds funny, but in some small way I believe there to be some truth behind the idea.

Many things can give us an upset stomach, the kind where you aren’t going to throw up, just that nagging feeling that you are not right. Emotional and/or physical problems can make us feel sick. I have been watching some Tony Robbins videos lately and he has been talking about how to change your state. It’s not enough to just think differently, or even speak out loud what it is that you are wanting. You also have to change your body’s physiology. If your head is down and your shoulders slumped forward, you are speaking loud and clear that something isn’t right.

There is a movement in some churches today called name it and claim it. It is a form of what I am speaking about but not the whole package. Your body needs to speak as well. One night when I was in bed trying to go to sleep, I heard God speak to my heart and say “smile.” I had been through years of emotional trials and was suffering. I thought it strange, but I lay there and made myself smile, in the dark, in the middle of the night. Pretty soon I giggled at the thought of my smiling and instantly I felt better!

Don’t forget what your body is telling you and others. We are body, mind, and spirit. We need to have all three working together as one.

So the next time you find yourself in a state you don’t want to be in, remember to stand tall and “put on a happy face.” That was an old song I heard years ago that definitely had some merit to it.

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Be blessed, and stay focused on what you are saying with your words and your body.

Bobbi

 

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