Morris Goodman said, ''Man becomes what he thinks about.'' This was a guy that had his spinal cord crushed. He couldn't walk, talk, eat, or even breathe! The doctors said he would ever do anything except blink his eyes.
Mr. Goodman thought otherwise. He decided that he would breathe on his own. So he did. He walked out of the hospital on his own two feet. The doctors could not explain it. Morris Goodman is called The Miracle Man, but he made his own miracle.
This might seem like an extreme example of mind over matter, but it makes me believe that I can change the little things in my own life. I can decide that I can eat avocados and stay away from the potty. That soap doesn't make me itchy. I am alert and in a fabulous mood even though I didn't sleep well.
If you say you are not as smart as other people, then you deliberately limit your own intelligence. If you think you can't learn how to play guitar, then you can't. If you tell someone that you are too old to learn how to use a computer, then you made yourself too old.
We each decide for ourselves what we can do. Societal norms should not dictate your memory capacity. Just because your age group thinks they are getting ''old and forgetful'', does that mean you are? Sounds a little like mass hysteria. It's funny that cultures that revere and respect their elderly population don't fall prey to standardized american ageing syndromes. I'm just saying . . . . .
We can say the following to ourselves: I can break bad habits. I can create good habits. I can become a good driver. I can create beautiful works of art. I can be thin and beautiful. I can be fat and beautiful. I can be as energetic as a child. I can do anything because I think I can!
So I have decided that I am a morning person. I will not get ''old''. Whatever amount of sleep I got was apparently all my body needed. I am as smart as anyone else. I may not enjoy doing some things, but I am capable of success in anything. And I am wealthy beyond measure. I'm just saying . . . . .
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