| BELIEVE IN YOURSELF The following information, is some of the ways I found helpful to help turn my horrific tragedy into the most rewarding healing experience of my life. Through my illness with cancer in 1994, I have found love for myself, inner strength, that I didn’t know I had. I have connected to my inner guidance, which has been an awesome experience to say the least. Through following my intuition, I have met up with wonderful people, that have helped me through different stages of my journey. Believing in myself in a very positive way, has got to be my greatest tool, realizing that our mind is a powerful tool, if we feed it with powerful affirmations, for example “Nothing is impossible to a willing mind”. Cancer can be a very lonely time in a persons life, not to mention scary! Will I live or die? Will I have quality of life after my treatment? Will people treat me normal, now I am disfigured? So many questions. It is up to us as unique individuals, to connect into what is right for our own personal healing, what feels right, what feels really good inside. To take control of our own life, to self empower ourselves. I found it so important to build up my self esteem. I didn’t want pity, but I sure did need support. I needed to feel in total control of my destiny, not to leave that in someone else’s hands. We need people in our life that we trust, and that will support us, not someone that draws our energy, so we are left with little or no power to heal. We need love, kindness and understanding, through this delicate time in our lives. When I realized my true beauty came from within, my healing became very strong. My mind became very clear. I was very proud of myself, I was no longer standing behind my husband, where I had felt safe, I was now really me, and that felt so good, so empowering. For me, my cancer and my disfigurement, has made me face up to reality, to have a look at what life is really about, and I certainly believe it is about LOVE, love for myself and love for others. I filled myself with inspirational books. I didn’t have room in my life for negative thoughts and self pity. I couldn’t and wouldn’t allow myself to slip into old patterns of the past, I had to focus very strongly on my future, I had to rebuild my bridge in a strong and positive manner. When the bad days came, and they certainly did, I reminded myself that the good days will follow. Day by day I grew stronger, Letting go of the pain physically and emotionally. I kept a diary, so I could see I was making progress. I empowered myself with doctors that I trusted, and could talk to openly about my fears and concerns with my treatment. The medical side of treatment for me was very scary, and I felt it to be very important to know we were all working as a team, that I was treated as a person, not a number. When we take charge of ourselves in a positive manner, we draw in positive people to our lives. The reverse happens when we think and act in a negative way. When we try and draw energy from people we care about, we drain their energy, and its a no win situation. That is why it is so important to draw energy from within, e.g. as we show love for ourselves, others will also show love to us, and we can in turn, return that love and share in the magic of the universe. Letting go of the past, hatred, guilt and low self esteem, is like a giant key to the door, now turn that key and walk inside, to get to know that wonderful person waiting to be found. You are worth it!! Love and Peace Trish |
| By Trish Best (C) 2001-2002 Sun in Pisces, Moon in Leo, Pisces Rising see Photography by Trish at: Pisceandream's Nature Corner |