I am responsible for what I see.
I choose the feelings I experience,
and I decide upon the goal I would achieve.
And everything that seems to happen to me
I ask for and receive as I have asked.
- A Course in Miracles
For several months I had a "story" that I stuck to. That story was, "I have acid reflux. I need to take Pepcid every day". This story began when I was taken to the emergency room because I didn't feel "right". I had no idea what was wrong, I just knew it wasn't right.
After the normal check for heart problems, which I didn't have, the doctor gave me a milky substance to drink and had me rest for a while. It worked like a charm, and so I became a person with acid reflux. It didn't occur to me at the time that I had a choice in the matter. I thought it was just something I had to learn to live with. And so I did...
Eventually I learned to watch what I ate, took digestive enzymes, did internal cleanses occasionally, and went on with life - Pepcid in tow wherever I went.
I can't say exactly when the change happened, but one day it occurred to me that I had a choice. I could choose to be a person with acid reflux, or I could give up that image of myself and build a new one. I chose the later.
Today I take digestive enzymes only, and I rarely have any problems with acid. If I do, I know what I've done to cause it.
We all have choices about how we want to live our lives, how we want to see ourselves and our world. You can see success or you can see a hard road before you. The choice is yours.
What do you choose?
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