Good morning change heroines.  I have been thinking about what has power over us.  What is it that we need to change that has power over us?  Is there something in your life that takes precedence over anything else in your life?  Does your past hold power over you?  The abuse that you cannot seem to forgive and move on with?  Does that hold so much power over you that everything else you do in life is influenced by that past?  Does low self-esteem hold power over you?  You may have dreams but you discard them due to the power your low self esteem has over you? What about the power addictions like nicotine, sugar, caffeince, alcohal?  And what is an addiction?  Addiction is by definition "the continued use of a mood altering substance or behavior despite adverse consequences,or a neurological impairment leading to such behaviors."

We are all born with a need to feel good.  I am no psychotherapist and don't pretend to understand the various ways we make ourselves feel better.  I do believe that these things can have power over us.  We were created with brains that sort out and function every thought we have.  Every desire we feel. They say that exercise creates the endorphins the feel good of all feel good chemicals naturally released in our brains.  If that is true - then why don't we all tap into that feel good chemical regularly?  Because we have not been conditioned to? Or because we find alternatives that are not so great for us?  The Bible teaches us that everything was given to us to be used by us and that it is good for us.  Does that mean that caffiene might be good for us?  Studies show that caffeine in forms and moderation actually can be good for you.  The Bible also teaches about moderation.  If by denying yourself something because you have been told it is "bad, or immorrall" then subjecting yourself to guilt and low self esteem if you "slip?"  Not a healthy way to live.  Change requires that we reverse our habits and our thinking.  It takes 66 days to begin to kick a habit.  66 days of doing the opposite of what your mind,body is sucking you into.  Can you go 66 days change heroines?  Can you go 66 days without your crutch whatever that might be?  

If you want to take the journey - I will put on my Ruby Slippers and go with you.  E mail me at cwoolaway@yahoo.com and I will walk beside you every day for 66 days and help you begin to change the things that have power over you.  Til then....stay strong, don't give up and remember that each moment we are born anew.

Cathy