" As we enter difficult financial times, simple quality of life can become a significant tool. When we are dissatisfied within, it is normal to look outside to become satisfied. It is fine to be entertained and served in our life, but there may be a time when we can not afford it. That is where finding quality within definitely serves you and you can better deal with difficult times. " In a health crisis, the quality of your life helps the body to heal and cope with difficulties. Too often when you ignore your inner resources, you participate in a negative way and your efforts limit your natural healing potential. " Negative thinking limits the effectiveness of your treatments and at the same time sends a negative message to your body. You may not be able to control a health crisis, but you always can control how you think about it and interpret what is happening. " Too often we fall back on the way we have been conditioned in the past to deal with health challenges. Those old habits were conditioned without the intention of preparing you to be sick. You have to take control and condition conscious habits that serve you in a health challenge. "

Conscious habits can change the way you think and interpret your struggles. They can change how you trust yourself and how you express your heart. In a health challenge those qualities have a significant role in how you heal and cope with your situation. " When you take control over this sub-conscious influence in your life, you become an empowered partner with your doctor instead of a victim of your situation. Patients have a real role to play in healing. They have the ability to consciously use both inner and outer resources. " In the past patients were expected to suffer as a natural part of healing. When patients use both inner and outer resources to heal, suffering can be eliminated from the healing process as they spiritually develop. The moment is spiritual if you are ill or not, but when consciousness enters it, the potential for healing is the greatest. "

Now let's look at the struggles we face in our everyday life. If you were able to tap those same inner resources to deal with everyday struggles, you would remove resistance and useless stress from your life. In a health struggle it is easy to see that life is more important than your thoughts, but in our everyday life that consciousness is replaced with our conditioned character. It is totally possible to live in that conscious moment.

© Marc Lerner and Life Skills 2009