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The human mind has an enormous influence on a person’s wellbeing.  Through the years it became clear to me that there are especially two aspects that have a determining influence on a person’s mind and body: yesterday and tomorrow.

Yesterday is the past.  Many people carry a lot of baggage from the past on their backs.  Quite often it is experiences from childhood that influenced them negatively.  Sometimes it was lack of love from parents or a lack of attention that resulted in a weak or distorted self-image.  That can cause the subconscious mind to send a message which leads to a condition where the body attackts itself – an auto-immune disease.  In the same way bitterness or a grudge against someone which is supressed by the subconscious can have a detrimental effect on the body and its functioning.  There might be guilt feelings which were not taken care of; it can also negatively affect the body.

Tomorrow is the future.  Many people live in the future – they are anxious or worried.  They are afraid of what the future holds regarding their personal finances or their health, specially in the senior years; they worry over their children or grand children; they worry about our country’s future or the possibility of another world war … All of these have a tremendous negative effect on our minds as well as our bodies.  It causes stress which in the long run can lead to different diseases.

Yesterday does not exist anymore.  Tomorrow has not arrived yet.  So easily we allow our lives to be ruled by things that do not exist!  All that we have is today.  There is so much beauty around us which we seldom really see … there are so many opportunities that we miss … because we focus on yesterday or tomorrow.  We must live today and finish off the past by forgiving others, forgiving ourselves and accepting forgiveness.  We must come to rest in Someone who has been in the future: our heavenly Father.  He said that his name is “I am”.  He lives in the present; his time is always NOW and He invites us to live in the present with Him.