"Every day in every way, I am becoming better and better."

This is one of my favorite affirmations because it covers everything and is one that my subconscious doesn't try to fight too badly! This morning I was feeling discouraged again because I don't feel I'm making the progress I "should" be making. Never mind that the cardiologist is happy with my progress and says I have to have patience. Easy for her to say - she isn't going through this: I am!

An aside: the ongoing joke in this house when I start to rail against the medical profession too badly is this. "And how was this issue addressed when you were in medical school and you got your MD?" Point taken.

Anyway, sometimes when I feel less than stellar meditation doesn't help because my mind won't focus enough to calm down. What can help me is listening to one of my affirmation mp3s. I pulled out one by Dr. Bernie Siegel - a leading healing expert. It's called Healing Images. There's about a half hour of spoken healing affirmations and another of subliminals underneath classical music. One of the ones used is "Every day in every way, I am becoming better and better."

I offer this to you to use if you find yourself in a situation that isn't quite to your liking - yet! We might not have reached the finish line - yet. Life might not be exactly the way we want it to be - yet. But as long as we don't give up, as long as we keep doing the best we can, we can truly say: Every day in every way, I am becoming better and better!

And if that doesn't work for you, try this: life could be worse - at least I don't work in the White House.