Trail   of  healing  101   begins       For  Jan  7th   2016

LETTER TO THE AUTHOR:

Dear Dr Shaikh,

Thank you for your insightful book.  It has been very helpful to me as I reflect on choices I have made in my life and the consequences and outcomes that have followed.  The healing tips in your book, on your website and when I see you in the office make me realize some of the destructive behaviors I have allowed in my life and MY ability to make positive changes.  It is no one else’s fault but mine if I can’t be happy.  No one controls my happiness except me – I am the only person that can allow someone to take my happiness away.

I have made some positive changes in my life over the last year.  I’m upset that it has taken me as long as it has to realize the negative influences I’ve allowed around me but I also feel  a certain peace and happiness which I haven’t felt in years – Maybe I needed to experience one to recognize and realize the potential of the other?

Family and friends that care about me tried to help me understand this but I know now that I needed to experience this journey by myself for any lasting changes to be made.

It’s easy to go through each day and think about the future and not realize the best things about the day and timeyou are currently experiencing.  I’m trying to practice being present in each moment.

I am not perfect and each day, I must evaluate myself and make sure I’m not veering off the right path.  I want to continue to evolve and become better each day.  I try to start each day asking God to help me be the best I can be and guide me into making good choices.

You mentioned to me recently that a man that found your healing tips helpful had been throught a lot but he was happy.  That stuck with me.  You also said that most people have to go throught difficult times that test their strength to really appreciate the small things in life.  You said that if everyone would recognize the strengly they have inside of themselves before they are tested, it would make so many people stronger and aware of their full potential.

Thank you for your support and help as I work on my won personal journey.  I hope that I might be able to help others one day realize their potential and ability to be happy.  You are in inspiration to all!

A.H.