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Every creation – from the Great Pyramid of Giza to the Peace Corps to the worldwide web – began as an idea, a dream.
We too can bring our dreams into creation. Sometimes, though, we allow day-to-day responsibilities to use up our time and energy or spend hours watching mind-numbing TV or YouTube to unwind because we’re so stressed out. That’s when we create our lives by default and lose touch with our dreams.
So here’s the question: What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail? Think about it.
Setting Solid Intentions
Here’s what I dared to dream: that I could rejuvenate my life and grow younger. Sound like a pipe dream? Actually, it’s not – because I’ve done it! Once I was clear about what I wanted, set my intention and handed it over to my Inner Self, all kinds of ideas showed up for fulfilling my dream. But let me back up. The desire to grow younger wasn’t just a thought I had one day when looking into the mirror. No. It wasn’t vanity that started me on this path.
It happened one fateful day in 2004 at age 67, ten years after my mother died of Alzheimer’s and several years after I started following in her footsteps, unable to remember recent events and having my tongue trip on words – if I could even find the words. I had noticed other changes, too. My body and energy level were also caving in to what I believed was an inevitable outcome of old age.
It was part of my belief system that growing older included progressive deterioration of mind and body that could never be reversed. That’s because I had never seen anyone grow younger; I had never heard of anyone growing younger. So it didn’t occur to me to use mind/body/spirit practices to reverse aging until that day thirteen years ago.
Thoughts Shape Reality
That’s when I became aware of what I was doing to myself: my thoughts and beliefs about growing old were creating a debilitating life for me. That day I woke up to the fact that I could apply mindfulness techniques I had practiced successfully for decades in other areas of my life. I had used them to magnetize what I wanted, like happier relationships, less stress and more income.
When I decided – and set my intention – to grow younger, techniques for increasing my body’s strength and energy also came to my attention and I began practicing them too. Soon a whole anti-aging program evolved. It worked! I have more energy, more vitality, more stamina, more flexibility than I had even twenty years ago. My body is much stronger and my mind is much clearer and sharper than before I began my program in 2004. And my fingers don’t hurt anymore! Even though several years ago I tested positive for the Alzheimer’s gene APO-e4, I now have the tools to keep that gene in the “off” position.
Best of all, I discovered that my daily practices have another benefit: I am happy – regardless of what life throws at me! As a result, it’s my passion to share the techniques that produced such profound changes in me.
Ellen Wood