September 8, 2009Poison Phrase: Will power

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Many of my friends are reaching a point where they can’t push themselves like they once did. One friend is experiencing severe back pain. When my hubby asked her what she was using for it, she said,

- Will power.

I reached a point a few years back that I see many of my younger friends flirt with now – a point where they can’t power through everything like they once did. They need to work with their bodies, kids, creativity and reality in general and are not able to override as they once did.You can only live on borrowed money, others’ good will and adrenaline so long.

Will power is mind over matter. Eventually matter fights back. It usually works better to listen to matter before she fights back with a vengeance. It’s good to adjust while you still have savings, trust and your adrenals.

It can take a lot of will power to stop using will power to make everything happen the way you think it should right away. That use of

  • will power

is a PowerPhrase, not a Poison Phrase.

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