Wednesday, October 14, 2009

I began to read the Secret today. I have already come across several interesting points. The most interesting concept to me is to think about what you do want instead of about what you don't want. Here is a quote in the book by Bob Doyle:

The law of attraction doesn't care whether you perceive something to be good or bad, or whether you do or don't want it. It's responding to your thoughts. So if you're looking at a mountain of debt feeling terrible about it, that's the signal you're putting out into the Universe. "I feel really bad because of all of this debt I've got." You're just affirming it to yourself. If you feel it on every level of your being. That's what you're going to get more of.

Based on this principle, I want to revise my affirmations:

1. Zoe WILL live!!
2. Zoe's tumor WILL only get smaller!
3. Zoe's tumor WILL shrink to absolutely nothing.
4. My precious little girl WILL be with me forever!
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6. At Zoe's next MRI, her tumor WILL be smaller.
7. Zoe WILL be an extraordinary child!
8. Zoe WILL be in the 10% that live past two years.
9. Zoe WILL be a miracle baby.
10. Zoe's doctors WILL be amazed at how her tumor disappears!

I feel that these affirmations will be more productive affirmations than the ones I posted previously. I also have more affirmations to add that are new.

1. I WILL only look for the good that Zoe does.
2. Zoe's eyes WILL stay large and open.
3. Zoe's face WILL always be symmetrical.
4. Zoe WILL hit all of her milestones.
5. Zoe WILL be strong on both sides of her body.
6. Zoe WILL sleep with her eyes fully closed.

Because I could not think of a way to express my previous affirmation #5 in an entirely positive manner, I broke it down into several different affirmations. These are all neurological symptoms that the doctors told us to watch for. But I think that we have all caught ourselves over thinking the situation. Why isn't she sitting more? Why isn't she crawling yet? Why is she smiling crooked suddenly? All of these are valid questions, but I feel it is unhealthy to dwell too much. The truth is that Zoe sat alone for several hours today. The truth is that Zoe isn't the only baby I know her age that isn't crawling yet. The truth is that Zoe can smile perfectly symmetrically at times but many times is smiling in a funny crooked way. I don't think it has anything to do with the tumor and everything to do with her personality.

So now I am thinking about what I WANT instead of what I don't!! And now I'm asking you to affirm THESE affirmations with me instead of the old ones and let's get Zoe healthy!!