I want to share with you a story about the amazing power that thoughts and beliefs can have on health. It amazes even me when I truly think of the power in this story. This is about a man named Reggie Gold, who is in his 80’s. Reggie is one of the icons within chiropractic. What I mean by this is, he is pretty much a legend in the chiropractic world, much the same as Bobby Orr is a legend in hockey. Reggie Gold is one of the “old timer” chiropractors who helped to shape the profession as the largest drugless, non surgical health care profession in the world. He not only had his own practice, adjusting thousands of families, but he also taught chiropractic philosophy at one of the chiropractic colleges and has lectured around the world for decades about the amazing healing power of our innate intelligence. He embodies everything that chiropractic stands for, constantly doing his best to help more people become healthier by staying well adjusted. He is a man that stands by his convictions; he is a man that “walks his talk”.
The Power of Thoughts….
At the beginning of January the word was put out to the chiropractic world that Reggie wasn’t doing well. The message that spread via social media like wild-fire was that he wouldn’t make it through the night. Reggie was in the hospital, with a possible heart and breathing problem. He had an oxygen mask on, wasn’t very ‘with it’ and the doctor’s told his wife to start making arrangements because they didn’t think he’d last through the hour let alone through the night. As the word of Reggie possibly leaving us spread through the social media world, people started writing messages via email and on Facebook. They were posting that they were sending healing thoughts and prayers his way. They were sharing how he had been an inspiration to them; how much he had touched their lives. As his wife started receiving emails with all these messages of positive thoughts and prayers, she started reading them out loud to Reggie while he lay there in the hospital bed with the oxygen on. The more messages that were read to him, the stronger he became. He woke up and took the oxygen mask off himself. He told the doctors he didn’t need it anymore, and that he didn’t want any medical intervention at all. He had full belief that he was getting stronger and better, and that his body knew how to heal itself.
As news of his amazing recovery began to spread, more and more positive messages were emailed to Reggie. As he read each and every one of them, he became even stronger. When he was asked if he wanted anything, he requested a pastrami sandwich since he hadn’t eaten in a few days! Though he wasn’t given this, he did eat his first meal in two days. Of course the medical doctors were absolutely amazed that this 80-something year old was recovering so quickly. Just a few nights before they didn’t think he would make it through the night. Reggie was also being adjusted, even while in the hospital. He and his wife knew that if he kept his nerve system clear of interference, his innate intelligence would do it’s job at 100%. When the doctors kept wanting him to have some medical intervention, he refused, telling them he was doing this on his terms, and if it was his time to go, his innate would know it.
A few days after he was admitted to the hospital to die, Reggie was released to go home. The emails and messages were still flooding his inbox, and he was growing stronger with each one read to him. Now, about 3 weeks later, he is doing quite well and still getting stronger by the day.
I share this story with you because I want everyone to know that what you say, what you think, and what you believe truly can effect your health, and the health of others. So the next time you say something like ‘my head is killing me’ or ‘she makes me sick’, really stop to think about the power behind those words. People use them as descriptions of how bad something is, but at the same time there could be a negative effect on your health, without you even realizing it. The biggest lesson in this story to us all though is this: when you allow your innate intelligence to flow through your nerve system with no interference, there is no limit to the healing that can occur, or to the amount of health you can have. Reggie is still teaching us all about the amazing power within our own bodies; and he is showing us how to fully trust in it.
Stay well-adjusted,
Dr Jen
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