I learned to live!
"You know I almost died once," he said.
"Really? What happened?" I asked.
"Nothing!" He said. "Except I learned to live."
We create what we want in our lives. I am sure you've heard it all before. "What
you think about the most manifests in your life." "You reap what you sow." "If
you believe it you can achieve it."
Out of all the principles of success and happiness, that one singular concept is
the absolute truth. It is the key to all success in life.
But it can also be the key to failure and even death.
Pete is a friend of mine. One of those people you call "friend" but you really
don't know everything about them. Just when you think you have him figured out,
he tells you something completely surprising. Something even brilliant.
"Did I ever tell you about the time I thought I was going to die?" He asked.
"No, I don't think I heard that one," I replied.
"In reality I almost caused my death. You see I went through a period in my life
when it seemed everything went wrong physically. It seemed to be one thing after
another. Some of the things were identifiable. The doctor knew just what to do
and he did it. But he had "concerns", as he put it. It was those concerns that
nearly killed me," he said.
Pete is one of those people who are rarely serious. I mean, it's not that he
tells jokes all the time, he's just happy. So hearing and seeing this side
really caught my attention.
"Bob, I went through a series of tests that started me on a down hill slide. One
after another revealed more and more possibilities. It was like when you take
your car in because you hear a noise and the mechanic tells you, "It could be
any number of things. It could cost you fifty bucks or we may need to drop your
engine. Now you're talk big bucks." What is it that always happens? It costs you
big bucks."
"Boy I can relate to that," I told him.
"Well, because of that belief system, the facts were staring me in the face.
This was the end of my life," he said.
"What do you think happened to me? My whole world came to a halt. I became
depressed. The world looked dark and gloomy. The more I thought that way, the
more it became a reality. I was in fact creating the world I imagined. I became
so physically sick and mentally depressed thinking that I was going to die, that
I was in fact dying. My body suffered terribly. So much so that I ended up in
the hospital malnourished and depressed."
"So what changed you? What did you do to turn things around?" I asked.
"A young man. A teen who had been in a car accident. He must of had every bone
in his body broken. His face was so badly damaged that they operated on him at
least a dozen times. When I was in the hospital I met him. One day he asked me
what was wrong with me and I couldn't explain it. I kept saying "they aren't
sure."
He said, "Well that's stupid. How can you fix something that isn't broken? Now
me, I had a lot of fixing 'cause everything was broken. The only thing that
wasn't broken was my will to live."
Pete stopped for a moment and just looked around.
"That's what was broken on me. My will to live. I had chosen to believe that I
was dying and so I created it. I made it a reality. It was the one thing that
all the doctors in the world couldn't fix. It was the one thing, the ultimate
thing, that only I was in control of. It was the answer."
"So what happened to this young man?" I asked.
"He went on to college, graduated and owns his own company. He teaches safety in
the work place to large corporations around the world. And from what I
understand he tells his story to high school students as a way of giving
something back."
"And you my friend? How did you ever pull out of it?" I asked.
"I willed it to be so. The very next day I stood in front of the mirror in the
bathroom and had a good talk with the guy I knew was inside. We both agreed that
life was too precious to waste. I made up this phrase and hung it every where I
lived."
He reached in his wallet and handed me a note that read:
"Today I take control of my life. I will permit nothing to interfere with my
full enjoyment of each and every moment that God has granted me. I am deserving
of all the joy and happiness that this day has to offer. There is nothing that
God and I can't accomplish. I will nourish my body with the best and purest
food. I will nourish my mind with nothing but the most positive thoughts. I will
feed my soul the Word of God and know that when my time on this earth is over I
will have lived purely, fully and faithfully."
So what life have you created? Are you living fully or dying slowly?
Begin to live again. Take control of your life
"The only thing that wasn't broken was my will to live!" He said.
"Learn to Live!"
Bob Perks Bob@bobperks.com