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Last Monday was a perfect summer night in Chicago. Not a cloud in the sky with warm temperatures and a light breeze blowing off the lake kept it tolerable and away from the humidity.

I had slept late that morning and felt well-rested after a two-week trip. I was scheduled to leave again in a few days and intended to spend some downtime with my husband and daughter.

There is a lot of activity in Chicago during the summer. It’s the summers that make up for the sometimes harsh and unforgiving winters and one of the reasons I still call Chicago home.

What better place to experience the city tonight than the ‘Taste of Chicago’.

We arrived at the downtown venue around 6:45 pm, just before the evening rush hour. We could listen to the musicals of the ‘Broadway in Chicago’ performance on the main stage.

My husband and I had done a 4 mile run that morning so I was prepared and hungry. After purchasing our meal tickets, I headed straight to the Nigerian kiosk that served coconut rice, stewed goat meat and fried plantains. There’s nothing like a good cooked ‘soul food’.

Wiping my hands after finishing, we wandered in and out of the ‘window shopping’ crowd for dessert. There were seagulls flying low around us.

‘I wish these birds would stop flying over me. I don’t want to be pooped on! my daughter exclaimed in disgust.

“Careful what you say, they might poop on you,” I answered absentmindedly as I looked around the crowded stalls for a a single turn we serve

My husband decided to have a can of beer. We had run out of tickets. He was still looking for the ‘Once in life’ dessert. So we go to a locker to buy more.

We were about to get in line when my daughter let out a bloodcurdling scream. Alarmed, we both turned around to see what had happened to him.

There, on the left side of his neck, was a neat white drop of bird droppings!

I couldn’t control my laughter! She there she was furious, now trying to crush the wandering birds with her bag. I had a piece of tissue left over from my dinner. I deftly wiped her neck amidst my giggles.

‘I told you to be careful what you say,’ I admonished her playfully as I explained to my husband the earlier exchange I had with her on the same subject.

You see, what my daughter had just experienced firsthand was an example of the power of the spoken word.

It was exciting for me that she could see firsthand that she had the power to manifest what she intentionally or unintentionally intended..

This was a great teaching moment for us as a family.

‘Think of the power you have to create whatever you want in your life!’ I exclaimed excited. Being the teenager that she is, she simply rolled her eyes.

Yes, we all have the power to create anything we want to create in our lives.

That power resides in a part of our mind called unconscious mind. And as my daughter discovered in our ‘lab of life’ experiment, the subconscious mind doesn’t have a great sense of humor!

Whatever you suggest to the subconscious mind, it sets out to make your reality..

And it can get bogged down by constant negative mental chatter and clutter.

Do you pay attention to what feeds your mind?

As I shared in a previous article on mental poisoning what you focus on you bring more into your awareness.

It always intrigues me when I hear patients say things like ‘I knew I was going to get sick after that person sneezed on me!’

And guess what? The subconscious mind is like the ‘genie in the bottle’ When you consciously or unconsciously declare that you are going to get sick, well, your wish is the command to get sick!

Some people find it intriguing that despite my job as a locum tenens doctor with trips to different hospitals and hotel stays for weeks, I don’t get sick Sometimes I work up to an 80-hour week.

I am not saying this to impress you, but to impress upon you that I major my subconscious mind with thoughts of health, vitality and vitality.

We all have the power to do the same things with our subconscious mind. We just have to make a conscious choice. I don’t mean to make this sound so simple, as I know some readers may think I’m just saying ‘just say it and it will happen the way you say it will happen’.

The power of the spoken word in the subconscious mind is a summation of how you have trained your mind to interpret past experiences.

Using my daughter as an example. This is how our beliefs are primed in us at a young age:

If like his father, my belief where the bad things are forever it was meant to happen, so the bird pooping on her was just another Self-fulfilling prophecy. And I probably would have reacted differently to reflect my belief. It would have validated what my experience has been, fueled her disgust. That would have left her with the innate message that bad things will always happen as we should expect.

Instead I would like to see the possibility and potential!

Possibility because she has stated that she wants to do great things in the world as a singer-songwriter. If she says she’s going to be one, who’s anyone, including me, to say that can’t happen?

Needless to say, neither the bird nor my daughter suffered any harm. I trust you will remember this lesson and realize that you have the innate power to create a bright and wonderful future. because she said so.

Here are some things to consider and also practice this week:

If you knew you couldn’t fail, what would you do?

Practice statement with little things all week. For example, you will find a parking space when you need it, a friend will be available to talk when you need it. Just practice!

Next week, get bolder and practice declaring more important things, like that you’ll have a certain amount of money to meet a financial obligation or that you’ll get a promotion at work.

Don’t get attached to the results of these exercises.

just like you work the muscle While you’re working out with weights, these exercises are just one way to start exercising your mind and exploring what’s possible if you change your mindset to expect positive results.

I await your comments. Until next time,

To your health and well-being,

dr eno