According to the concepts in energy healing and the new biology, our thoughts and intentions are the guiding forces in our lives. What we think about, comes about. That's why it's important for us to think positive and DREAM BIG.
That's exactly what Lynn Dowswell, DC, of Orillia, Ontario, did when she dreamed of completing the Lake Placid (NY) Ironman event. In an article on Simcoe.com -- which provides news and information about the Ontario communities of Simcoe County and Grey-Bruce -- Dr. Dowswell posted a time of 14 hours, 41 minutes and 52 seconds for the grueling course.
The Ironman (maybe it's time to change the name to Ironperson?) is one of the most challenging fitness events you can imagine. First, you swim for 2.4 miles, then cycle for 112 miles, and then top it off with a 26.2-mile marathon run.
A more impressive fact is that she did it to celebrate her 40th birthday. So much for the myth about 40 being "over the hill!"
She trained hard for the event and believed she could achieve it. But the belief had to come first. If she didn't think it possible, she wouldn't have attempted it or would have ended up meeting her own internal expectations of failure.
How many of us fail to fulfill our dreams because our subconscious is programmed for failure? Somewhere along the way, we came to believe that we either couldn't -- or shouldn't -- succeed in our efforts. Maybe we put mental limitations on how much money we can make, or we believed the myths about being too young, too old or too whatever to try a new venture. Unless we can change that programming, we're going to continue along the way we're going.
We need to all take a lesson from Dr. Dowswell -- dream BIG, believe you can do it, and work hard to make it happen.
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