"The mind is like a T.V. set. You control
the switch on that on that mental T.V.
You are in charge...a matter of choice.
If what you put on your mental T.V.
causes you to feel tense, anxious, or
depressed, then staying tuned in..will
generate ...negativity and disease."
Sports Psychology for Cyclists, Dr. Saul Miller
Ahhh, my nice soft bed! I am totally zonked!
Been exhausted all day in spite of all those
naps. I'm beat!
Gotta get comfortable. OUCH! My right shoulder
hurts. Gotta stay on my left side. Ahhh, that's better.
I can hear my heart beating. Sounds pretty normal.
My weeks filled with 'sick person' stuff.
Long waits in Doctor's offices. I hate that.
If I made my clients wait even ten minutes, I'd
be out of business. I don't care how busy they
are it's disrespectful. They line you up and make
you wait. I think it's like stealing. They are stealing
our time and we pay them to do it!
I feel my heart is starting to beat wacky just
thinking about it.
And then signing those consent forms. Ever read
one?
And then the anticipation and what if's.
What if he says I need to get open heart
surgery? Or a transplant? God forbid!
Now, I can really feel my heart beating wacky!
What if I have another stroke?
I can't handle this 'sick person' lifestyle!
It Makes Me Sick!
I have to go downstairs.
Can't sleep. Oy, I'm so tired!
I'm going to 'change my channel' to
'OPTIMISM!'
And stop being afraid of
what could go wrong and think of
what could go right!
A July, 2011, study in Stroke — also using data from the Health and Retirement Study — found a similar effect on reducing the risk of stroke.
“These findings, the first to assess the relationship between optimism-pessimism and heart failure, add to a remarkably consistent recent literature that has linked optimism-pessimism to other cardiovascular outcomes, including myocardial infarction, stroke, and cardiac death,” according to an editorial by Dr. Alan Rozanski that accompanied the most-recent study.. “These observations provide conclusive evidence for the health benefits of optimism."...cardiovascular outcomes, including myocardial infarction, stroke, and cardiac death,” according to an editorial by Dr. Alan Rozanski that accompanied the most-recent study.. “These observations provide conclusive evidence for the health benefits of optimism.”
I take comfort in the fact that the Torah’s attitude, which predates today’s positivist trend by four thousand years and will survive it by much longer than that, is one of unabashed optimism. This is the doctrine of bitachon, or trust inGod which the chassidic master Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch (1789–1866) distilled as the Yiddish adage, Tracht gut, vet zein gut—“Think good, and it will be good.” Chabad.org
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