Many people live their lives as ‘wander- ing generalities’ as Zig Zigler says. They don’t hone in on anything other than earning enough money to put food on the table, transportation, some entertain- ment, maybe a holiday now and then. And they’re envious of others, frustrated and occasionally ignorant. Remove, from your vocabulary, the words ‘try’ and ‘should’. To create your very best day, you need to understand what your purpose is to start with. You need to articulate it, write it down, as well as your vision and your mission for life. Importantly, also have your values writ- ten down. I read my values every day. I have ten main values that I live by. I also have 16 affirmations, and I know those af- firmations absolutely, however, I still read them, every morning at the start of my day. That sets me up to having an outstand- ing day every day. So, when things come along that create something that to many people could be a downer or a negative, I’m already prepared mentally, emotion- ally and spiritually to handle those things. Being prepared doesn’t automatically mean I never fail. We all need problems because without them we don’t grow. RECOgNIzINg DEFININg MOMENTS One portion of discovering our life’s purpose involves recognizing defining moments that come along, and acting upon them. Events happen for a reason, and as soon as you accept that you will see every setback as an opportunity, and every moment as a revelation, things start to change in a positive way in your life. One of my defining moments came when I was aged three. When I started to walk at about two- and-a-half, I had real trouble. If I tried to run at all, I would just fall flat on my face. My parents took me to the family doctor who said: “This boy is exceptionally knock-kneed”. Back in the late forties, knock-knees were seen as an orthopaedic disease. People who had knock-knees were looked upon as being people who would turn out to be almost crippled, or destined for life in a wheelchair. A famous Sydney surgeon of the day told my parents: “This boy is so badly knock-kneed that within two or three years, he’ll probably be in a wheelchair. But what we can try doing is to make him wear these very big built-up boots. He can never go barefoot. And every evening, you’re going to have to put these metal splints onto his legs, and he has to sleep in them”. So, I wore those metal splints every night over the next two years. But, that day, when I heard the doctor speak those words that could have put limits on my life, something turned on inside me and I decided that I would, as Nike says, ‘Just Do It!’ I would do what here are my tips to creating your own miracles: 1. Think, talk and act positively in all circumstances. No matter what! 2. Ask yourself, whenever you face a challenge: “What would be the best outcome in his situation?” 3. Find time to just sit and put your brain into freewheeling mode, just let it run free – busy brains sometimes miss miracles! 4. Miracles don’t necessarily come with a clap of thunder or a flash of light- ning. Sometimes they come on tippy-toe. 5. Go with the flow. Sometimes, at first sight, the miracles we get don’t appear to be the ones we want. 6. Miracles come when you least expect them. Make them welcome whenever they arrive. 7. Help others get their miracles and it’s amazing what a positive life you create. 8. Look for the miracles around you – the beauty of a rose, the smile of a child, when you see the miracles that already exist, new ones arrive. 9. It’s OK to ask – miracles are for everyone and we all deserve them. 20 • CANAdiAN ChirOPrACTOr | JUNE 2009 I had to in order to fix my knock-knees and I also decided, on that very day the surgeon made his pronouncement, that I would excel at sport - that I’d prove his pronouncement wrong! I would beat this sentence! This story leads to another life lesson - only ever accept victory in your life. If you receive a ‘no’ answer, you haven’t asked the right question yet. WORDS NOT TO LIVE BY Many people live the life of a victim. It is consuming and energy-depleting. They are into ‘lay blame and justify’. They are into denial. They are into excuses and reasons. In life, they see only two things – reasons or results. But, if you want re- sults, then you had better set about and create them. And, you need to expect miracles. Remove the word ‘try’ from your vocabulary. As Bob Parker said: “Try is fighting with honour”. It is not the mark of something you choose. You either do it or you don’t do it. Yoda of Star Wars fame said, “Do or not do, there is no trying”. Also remove the word ‘should’ because ‘should’ is actually a judgment word. If ‘should’ ever appears in my mind it just never gets out of my mouth. It gets swal- lowed and disappears. RECOgNIzINg A MIRACLE Miracles are amazing things because they appear and happen in people’s lives but are, sometimes, not even recognized. They are so busy looking for the moun- tain, they miss a small miracle that can be a lynchpin to create something major in their lives. Your miracle starts with each and every day you are alive. I’ve experienced lots of failure. My wife and I were married for 18 years and never had any children. It just never hap- pened. But then in 1985 we experienced our parenting miracle. We went from Australia to Chile and, in various orphan- ages, found three older children whom no one else wanted, and adopted them. Potential parents in Chile only wanted babies and these children were two boys, seven and nine years old and a 10-year- old girl. The boys were elective mute, and our daughter was just ‘out there’, massively extroverted and physical in or- der to protect herself and survive. Our children knew 50 words of www.canadianchiropractor.ca
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