Daily Gratitude: “There is always an easy solution to
every problem-neat, plausible, and wrong.”

You may need to read this again to see if you missed something. The purpose of this concept is to keep you from just accepting the first or easy solution you find. You have to look more deeply to make sure that it is the right solution.

We can usually make some idea plausible. But for it to be the truth, it has to be tested. Always remember that correlation doesn’t mean causation. Two things can be connected and seem to be leading to each other but that does not mean that one causes the other. We get into trouble with that in medicine. Good example is that I notice my migraines come when it’s raining or going to rain. That just means that they are correlated (and actually it’s due to conditioning). It does not mean that the migraine is caused by a change in barometric pressure.

It’s important for us to not seek the easy way out. We want to seek the right way, the proven way.

Can you think of any time in your life when you picked a solution that seemed plausible, but then it seemed that it was too easy and, indeed, it turned out to be wrong?

Daily Gratitude: “Abundance shows up in my life in beautiful and surprising ways every day.”

Another useful affirmation for you. The most important caveat, though, is to remember that abundance is much more than just money or wealth. Abundance is everywhere and everything.

If you start looking for abundance all around you, you will amaze yourself when you see it in every nook and cranny you examine.

You will be surprised once you start expecting it too. If you believe your life will be filled with abundance and start spotting signs of it, then it will be popping up in front of your eyes before you know it.

Declare that there is abundance all around you! It is there waiting to be seen!

Daily Gratitude: “Remember:
Doctors are Experts in Treatment
You are the Expert in Your Life.”

You’re in your doctor’s office (well I mean in the exam room anyway) for maybe 10 minutes.

This person may find out about your lab numbers and your imaging studies. But how much does he or she know about your life? And even if they ask about it (consider yourself blessed if they do), they only know what you choose to tell them.

You are the expert in your life. They are experts in diagnosis and proposed treatments but you are the one who has to follow the orders. Sometimes that works and sometimes it doesn’t.

This statement can apply to chronic illnesses and even terminal illnesses. When you are preparing your end of life wishes, a medical provider can assist and make recommendations but you know what you want to endure and how you want to spend your time.

Even if you don’t have a terminal illness, take the second part of the statement and make it a mantra. You are, indeed, the expert of your own life. Don’t let someone else ruin it.