This blew me away when I first read it and was so eye-opening. I had to accept that I had a choice, every day, in how I treated myself, spoke to myself, believed in myself, and that those thoughts and beliefs and how I treated myself REALLY did matter! I couldn't just roll my eyes and dismiss this anymore.
Examining my more outrageous thoughts and beliefs and breaking them down into rational, realistic thoughts took me light years ahead into recovery... Codie No More, Louise Hay's Heal Your Body with its powerful affirmations, and CBT w/ a therapist (cognitive behavior therapy) all pushed me and helped me to really change...
It's amazing - once the veil was lifted, and I accepted reality, it allowed me to pull the reins in another direction and save myself. And once this thought became real, that no one was making me miserable except ME, then so many signs and messages, through books and people, started speaking to me in powerful ways. Like a flood.
peace-
b