Happy Life Quotes

Here are some happy life quotes.

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.
But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. ---- Buddha

People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right's no guarantee against misfortune.--- William McFee

If you're going through hell, keep going.--- Winston Churchill

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.--- George Bernard Shaw

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.--- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it.
Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it.
Hatred darkens life; love illumines it.--- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Challenges come so we can grow and be prepared for things we are not equipped to handle now. When we face our challenges with faith, prepared to learn, willing to make changes, and if necessary, to let go, we are demanding our power be turned on. --- Iyanla Vanzant

We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them.--- William Arthur Ward

Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it Indian Proverb
It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui. --- Helen Keller

If we are really to live at all we must put our convictions into action.--- Margaret Sanger

My life is my message.--- Gandhi

Life is an art we are required to practice without preparation, a score that we play at sight even before we have mastered our instruments. --- Lewis Mumford

Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves--or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.--- Ayn Rand

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice.W.J. Bryan
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.--- Gandhi

There has been much tragedy in my life; at least half of it actually happened.--- Mark Twain

The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy. --- Ben Stein

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these. --- George Washington Carver

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. --- Helen Keller

The three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for.Addison
Maybe this world is another planet's hell. --- Aldous Huxley

To the woman who complained that riches hadn't made her happy, the Master said "You speak as if luxury and comfort were ingredients of happiness; whereas all you need to be really happy, my dear, is something to be enthusiastic about. --- Anthony de Mello

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. --- Agatha Christie

Don't cry because its over, smile because it happened.Unknown
To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance. --- Buddha

Our own life is the instrument with which we experiment with the truth. --- Thich Nhat Hanh

The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have. --- Woody Allen

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. --- Charles Spurgeon

We need not only a purpose in life to give meaning to our existence but also something to give meaning to our suffering. --- Eric Hoffer

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.
Circumstances and situations do color life but you have been given the mind to choose what the color shall be. --- John Homer Miller

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not our circumstances. --- Martha Washington

We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us. --- Charles Bukowski

Without that innate sense of human worth, a man cannot long endure adversity, nor can he long enjoy prosperity. --- Confucius

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. ---
Norman MacEwan

My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right? --- Charles M Schulz

Everyone is a house with four rooms, a physical, a mental, an emotional and a spiritual.
Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time, but unless we go into every room, every day, even if only to keep it aired, we are not a complete person.--- Indian Proverb

There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course.
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word 'happy' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. --- Carl Jung

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is. --- Erasmus

有錢人想的和你不一樣 - Part 2

財富檔案9
有錢人大於他們的問題。
窮人小於他們的問題。
♦ 致富法則：
成功的秘訣，就是不要逃避問題，不要在問題面前退縮；成功的秘訣就在於你要成長，讓自己大於一次的問題。
♦ 在一到十的等級上，一是最低分，十是最高分，假設你是一個位在第二級的個性和態度的人，但是你現在面臨了一個第五級的困難。那麼，你把這個問題看成大問題或小問題呢？從第二級的觀點來看，第五級的問題可能會是個大問題吧。
現在，想像你已經成長到第八級了，那麼，這個第五級的問題會是大問題還是小問題呢？很神奇的，同樣的一個問題，現在變成小問題了。
最後，想像你非常努力，把自己提升到了第十級，那麼現在，原先那個第五級的問題是大問題還是小問題？答案是：根本不是問題了。你的腦子裡根本不會認為它是個問題，不會出現負面的能量，你覺得它是家常便飯，就像刷牙或穿衣一樣簡單的小事。
注意，不管你有錢還是沒錢，玩大的或玩小的，生活中永遠都會出現問題。問題永遠不會消失。如果你還在呼吸，生活裡就會出現所謂的問題和障礙。讓我做個簡短而甜美的總結：問題的大小永遠不是問題；真正的問題，是你有多大？
聽起來很痛苦，但如果你準備要向上移到另一個成功的等級，那麼你就必須察覺到，在你生命中到底發生了些什麼。
準備好了嗎？開始囉。
如果你的生活裡有一個大問題，這只說明了一件事：你很小。不要被外表騙了，你的外在世界只是你內在世界的反應罷了。如果你想要徹底改變，那就不要再專注於你的問題有多大，而要開始注意你自己有多大！

♦你所能處理的問題越大，那麼你所能掌握的事業就越大，所能承擔的責任也越大，你所能帶領的員工、面對的客戶也就越多，而你能處理的前也就越多，最後，你能掌握的財富當然也就越多。其次，你的財富成長的幅度只會被你自己成長的幅度限制住！你的目標是讓自己成長到一個層次，足以克服為了創造財富與維持富有而遇到的所有問題或障礙。
♦把你自己想像成是你自己財富的容器。如果你的容器很小，但你的錢很多，會發生什麼事？你會留不住那麼多錢。你的容器會滿出來，多餘的錢會灑的滿地都是。你所擁有的錢財不能大於你的容器。所以你必須成長為更大的容器，才能不只收納更多的財富，同時也吸引更多的財富進來。宇宙很討厭真空的狀態，所以如果你有一個很大的財富容器，它就會忙著把你的容器填滿。
♦ 你的心靈通常一次只能專注在一件最重要的事情，所以，你若不是在抱怨問題，就是在找解決方法。有錢人和成功的人通常都是習慣性就會去解決問題；他們面對了挑戰，就會把時間和精力用來思考對策與尋找解決答案，並且找出方法不讓問題再出現。
♦ 如果你能變成一個處理問題和克服障礙大師，那麼還有什麼東西能夠阻礙你成功呢？沒有！什麼都擋不住你，你就所向無敵了！如果你變成所向無敵，那麼你在人生裡能擁有哪些選擇呢？你可以擁有全部的選擇。因為你所向無敵，所以一切都隨你取用，你只需要做出選擇，它就是你的！這樣的自由可真棒哪！
♦ 像有錢人一樣行動：
1.每當你因為某個「大」問題而心情低落沮喪的時候，就指著自己說：「我很小！我很小！」然後深呼吸，對自己說：「我可以處理，我比任何問題都強大。」
2.寫下你在生命中遭遇的一個問題，然後寫下十個你可以採取的行動，它們能解決或至少改善這個情況。這可以幫助你從在腦子裡想著問題，轉移到用行動解決問題。這樣做的好處是，首先，你極可能會解決這個問題。第二，你的感覺會好很多很多。



財富檔案10
有錢人是很棒的接受者。
窮人是差勁的接受者。
♦ 你要認識到，你有沒有價值的這回事，只不過是一個「故事」。其次，事情本身沒有意義是我們賦予它意義。我不知道你是怎樣，但是我從來沒聽過誰出生的時候要先通過「蓋章」的程序。你能想像上帝在每一個人出生前幫他在額頭在蓋章嗎？「這個有價值，這個沒價值…這個有一點價值，這個有不少價值…呃，這個完全沒有價值。」抱歉，我不認為事情是這樣的。沒有人會為你蓋上「有價值」或「沒有價值」的記號，而是你自己蓋上去的，是你自己編造出來的故事，是你自己決定了你自己有沒有價值。完全是你個人的觀點。如果你說你有價值，你就有價值；如果你說你沒有價值，那麼你就沒有。然後你就會依你的故事版本而活。
♦ 致富法則：
如果一株百呎高的橡樹擁有和人類一樣的心靈，那麼它頂多只能長到十呎。
♦ 任何人說什麼，或過去曾經說過什麼，完全不重要；因為，是你相信了它，完全被它說服了，它才可能對你起作用，而且從頭到尾都是你自己再做決定。
♦ 致富法則：
凡是出現一個給予者，就有一個接受者；而每一個接受者的對面都是一個給予者。
♦ 致富法則：
金錢只會讓你現有的自己更加擴大。
♦ 致富法則：
你做一件事情的方式，就是你做所有事情的方式。
♦ 像有錢人一樣的行動：
1.練習當一個很棒的接受者。凡是有人給你讚美，只要對對方說「謝謝」，不要馬上就回贈一個讚美。這個練習可以讓你完全接受讚美並擁有這個讚美，而不是去「折射」它。這個練習也能讓讚美者感受到送出禮物而禮物沒有被丟回來的喜悅。
2.任何一筆錢，我說，任何一筆錢，只要是你發現了或接受了，你都應該歡天喜地的慶祝，放聲大叫：「我是一塊金錢吸鐵。謝謝，謝謝，謝謝。」這練習適用於任何收到錢的時候，包括檢到錢，收到禮金，政府退回的稅，領到薪水，做生意的營收。記住，宇宙是要來幫助你的，如果你繼續大聲向世界說你是一塊金錢吸鐵，特別是你有證據可以證明這一點的時候，那麼宇宙只會說「好」，然後繼續送你更多。
3.寵愛你自己。至少一個月做一件能讓你的身體或心靈得到養分的事。做個按摩，修個手指甲或腳指甲，讓自己吃一頓奢侈的飯，租一艘船或度假小屋，請人把早餐送到你的床上。(你也許要跟朋友或家人打個商量。)做些能讓你覺得有錢、有價值的事。你從這些體驗中所傳送出來的頻率，會送到一個宇宙中，表示你活得很豐裕，而且，宇宙只會做它自己的工作，對你說「好」，然後給你機會，讓你得到更多。

財富檔案11
有錢人根據結果拿酬勞。
窮人選擇根據時間拿酬勞。
♦ 致富法則：
擁有穩定的薪水沒什麼不對除非它阻礙了你用自己的能力賺取你所值得的金錢－問題是，「穩定的薪水」這概念往往就會阻擋你賺更多錢。
♦ 我沒有興趣買你的時間，我想要的事為了特定的成果來支付你的酬勞，如果你無法產生結果，我為什麼要付你薪水？再說，如果你能產生更好的結果，你就應該拿更高的酬勞。
♦ 致富法則：
永遠不要為你的收入設定上限。
♦是從誰的觀點來看的？我確定你的老闆認為你的酬勞很合理。為什麼你不離開領死薪水的工作，要求完全以你的工作表現給予報酬？如果那樣不可行，為什麼不替你自己工作？那樣你就會知道，你所賺到的數目就是你所值得的。
♦ 我個人相信，每一個人都應該擁有自己的事業，不管是專職或是兼職。第一個理由是，到目前為止，絕大部分的千萬富翁都是因為有自己的事業才發財的。第二，在要繳那麼多稅的情況下，想要創造財富實在是非常困難的事，當你有了自己的事業你可以扣除一部份開銷，例如買車、旅遊、教育和甚至購買自宅的費用，而省下一筆為數不小的稅款。為了這個理由，就值得你去擁有自己的事業。
♦ 如果你只是替別人工作，領薪水，那麼你永遠不會有錢。如果你要找工作，那麼就確定你拿的是百分比的酬勞。否則，就自己當老闆。
♦ 像有錢人一樣行動：
1.如果你現在有一份領取鐘點費的工資或是在領月薪，請向你的雇主建議一個方式，讓你至少有一部份的酬勞是依照你的工作成果以及公司的營運成果來受薪。如果你擁有自己的事業，請設計一個制度，讓你的員工，甚至主要供應商，可以根據個人表現與公司表現來獲得報酬。立刻將這個計畫付諸實行。
2.如果你現在的工作並沒有根據你的表現來付你薪水，請你考慮自己當老闆。你可以先從兼職開始，譬如先加入一個傳銷公司，或是當某種教練或老師，把你的所學與知識交給別人，或者，你可以向你的公司提供獨立的顧問服務，但是要依你的表現和成果接受酬勞，而不是依照工作時間。

財富檔案12
有錢人想著：「如何兩個都要？」
窮人想著：「如何二選一？」
♦ 錢是潤滑劑，它可以讓你「滑順」過生活而不是「緊繃」過生活。錢帶給你自由：想買什麼就買什麼，用自己的時間做想做的事。金錢可以讓你享受工作中的美好事物，也給你機會幫助別人滿足生活所需。最重要的是，有錢可以讓你不必浪費精力擔憂自己沒有錢。
♦ 致富法則：
有錢人相信：「魚與熊掌可以兼得。」
小康階層認為：「熊掌太貴了，所以我吃一小片就好。」
窮人說自己吃不起熊掌，所以他們吃雞肉，但又惦記著自己吃不起熊掌的事，滿心疑惑為什麼自己「什麼都沒有」。
♦ 第一，錢的價值不會耗盡；幾千幾萬人可以年復一年在使用同樣的錢，它的價值也不會耗光。第二，你擁有越多的錢，你有能力放進那個流通循環的錢也越多，這表示別人就會有更多錢去交換更多的價值。
這一點正好與二擇一的思考方式相反。當你有錢而且使用它的時候，你和與你一起花錢的人都享受到了這個價值。講白一點，如果你這麼擔心別人沒有錢，想確定他們都得到應得的那一份(講得一副大家共有財富的樣子)，那麼你就想辦法變成有錢人，讓你自己可以散播更多的錢。
♦ 像有錢人一樣行動：
1.學著採用「兩個都要」的思考方法，並製造情況讓自己練習做到。不管你面臨什麼樣的選擇，都問自己：「我要如何兩者通吃？」
2.務必知道：流通的錢可以增進人們的生活。每一次花錢時都對自己說：「這筆錢會經過成千上萬人的手，為所有人創造價值。」
3. 把自己當作模範生，展現你的善良、慷慨、友愛，以及富裕！

財富檔案13
有錢人專注於自己的淨值。
窮人專注於自己的工作收入。
♦ 致富法則：
真正衡量財富的標準是淨值，不是工作收入。
♦淨值，是你所擁有的全部東西的財務價值。想知道你的淨值有多少，要先把你所擁有的現今數目，以及你所擁有的股票、債券、不動產的現值，以及(如果你自己有事業)你的事業的價值，以及你自有房屋的現值都加起來，然後扣除掉你的債務，所剩的數字就是你的淨值。淨值是財富的終極測量標準，因為如果必要的話，你的資產最後可以轉化為現金。
♦ 四種決定淨值高低的因素是：
1. 收入
收入有兩種形式：工作收入和被動收入。工作收入是從實際工作而來的金錢，包括每日工作的薪水；對企業主來說，這還包括事業的獲利或收入。工作收入要求你投入時間和勞力以賺取薪水；工作收入很重要，因為若是沒有它，幾乎不可能產生另外三項淨值因素。
工作收入是我們填滿財務「漏斗」的方式。假設不論其他條件，照理說，工作收入越多，所能存下與投資的金錢也越多。儘管工作收入很重要，但它只是財務淨值等式裡的一環。
被動收入，指的是你不需要實際工作就能賺到的錢。把它想像成填充財務漏斗的另外一條收入支流，而且可以來消費、儲蓄和投資。
2. 存款
儲蓄也是至關重要的一環。你可能賺了很多錢，但如果你一點都沒有保留下來，你絕對無法創造財富。
3. 投資
你越懂得投資，你的錢成長的速度和產生更大的淨值的速度就會更快。有錢人會把時間和精力用來學習與投資相關的事物，會誇耀自己善於投資，至少善於雇用投資專家幫他們理財。
4. 簡化
簡化和儲蓄一起作用，讓你很自覺地過著一種對金錢需求比較低的生活方式。減少了生活開銷之後，你的存款就能增加，而你能拿來投資的金額就跟著增加。
♦ 巴金森定律(Parkinson’s Law)：收入永遠與支出成正比。
♦ 拿一張白紙，寫上「淨值」兩字。然後畫一個數字表，一端是「0」，另一端是你的淨值目標，隨便你寫多少。然後，寫下你目前的淨值，三個月後，寫下你的新的淨值。就這樣。持續做下去，你會發現自己越來越有錢。為什麼會這樣？因為你開始「追蹤」你的淨值了。
記住：你所專注的事情會擴大。我在訓練課上常說：「注意力所在的地方，就會有能量流動，也就會出現結果。」
♦ 像有錢人一樣行動：
1.專注於四項構成淨值的因素：增加收入，增加儲蓄，增加投資獲利，並且藉由簡化生活方式來減低生活開銷。
2.製作一張淨值報表。製作這張表的時候，把你所擁有的一切物品的現值(你的資產)都加起來，並減去你的負債總值。每四個月追蹤和修改這張財務報表一次。再說一次，根據專注定律，妳專注的東西一定會增加。
3.雇用一位優秀的理財規劃師，與信譽良好的知名公司合作。再次提醒你，最好請朋友和合夥人，請他們推薦一位理財規劃師。

財富檔案14
有錢人很會管理他們的錢。
窮人很會搞丟他們的錢。
♦ 除非你能管理你現有的一切，否則你不會再得到更多。
♦ 致富法則：
你管理金錢的習慣，比你擁有的金錢數目更重要。
♦ 財務自由帳戶：
到銀行開一個帳戶，當作你的「財務自由帳戶」(FFA, Financial Freedom Account)。妳每一次收到一筆錢(扣稅之後)，就把它的10%放進這個帳戶。這筆錢，你只能用來投資和創造被動收入。這個帳戶的任務，是為你生出一隻金雞母，讓它生下一種叫做被動收入的金雞蛋。等你退休，才可以動用這筆基金為你賺來的錢(雞蛋)，但是你絕對不花本金。這種方式會使得前持續成長，這樣你就永遠不會落到身無分文的地步。
♦ 財務自由罐：
除了開設一個財務自由帳戶以外，你還要在家裡設立一個「財務自由罐」，每天把錢放進去，金額不重要，十元、五元、一元都好，重要的是這個習慣。這個祕密，是要讓你把每天的「注意力」放在達成財務自由的這個目標上。錢會吸引更多的錢。讓這個簡單的錢罐變成你的金錢吸鐵，把更多的錢和機會吸進你的生命中，幫助你達成財務自由。管理金錢的重大祕密之一，在於「平衡」。
♦ 致富法則：
不是你控制錢，就是錢控制你。
♦ 像有錢人一樣行動：
1.開立一個財務自由的銀行帳戶。把你收入的10%(稅後)存進去。這筆錢只能用來投資，所產生的被動收入是要讓你退休以後使用。
2.在家中擺一個財務自由罐，每天都放一點錢進去，即使是銅板也好。這可以讓你每天把注意力集中在財務自由這目標上；注意力集中的地方，就會產生結果。
3.開一個玩樂帳戶，或是在你家裡放一個玩樂錢罐，把每個月收入的10%(稅後)放進去。另外再開立四個帳戶，存入不同百分比的收入：
10%，存入為消費使用的「長期儲蓄帳戶」；
20%，存入「教育帳戶」；
50%，存入「需求帳戶」；
10%，存入「財務自由帳戶」。
4.不管你有多少錢，現在就開始管理，不要等明天，今天就開始。就算你只有十塊錢，那就把一塊錢放進你的財務自由罐裡，另外一塊錢放進你的玩樂錢罐。這個動作會把訊息傳送到宇宙中，讓宇宙知道，你已經準備好要接受更多的錢。

財富檔案15
有錢人讓錢幫他們辛苦工作。
窮人辛苦工作賺錢。
♦財務自由：當你有能力過著你想要的生活方式，不必工作，不必在金錢上依賴任何人，這就叫做財務自由。
♦ 窮人工作賺錢，是為了今天；有錢人工作賺錢之後用錢投資，是為了將來。
♦ 購買房地產，如果買得起一定會產生現金獲益的資產，那是最好的，不過我覺得，就算只有一點點不動產也比沒有好。購買不動產只有一個麻煩，那就是沒有量力而為，或是在不景氣時賤價賣出。不要等著買房地產，要把房地產買下來等。
♦ 致富法則：
有錢人把每一塊錢都視為「種子」，把它種下之後可以多賺一百塊錢，再把這些賺到的錢種下，又多回收一千塊錢。我個人把我的每一塊錢都看成投資「尖兵」，而他們的任務是「獲得自由」，我不會輕易讓他們離開。
♦ 像有錢人一樣的行動：
1.學習。找一堂投資的課程來上。一個月至少讀一本投資理財書籍，閱讀理財雜誌譬如<錢>(Money)、<富比士>(Forbes)、<拜倫氏>(Barron’s)，以及<華爾街日報>(Wall Street Journal)。我沒有要你聽從雜誌上的投資建議，而是要你知道外面有哪些理財的選擇，然後挑一個領域深入研究，成為專家，再進入那個領域進行投資。
2.把你的焦點從「主動」收入轉向「被動」收入。列出至少三種你可以不需要工作就創造收入的方式。開始去研究然後採取行動，實行這些策略。
3. 不要等著買房地產，要把房地產買下來等。

財富檔案16
有錢人就算恐懼也要行動。
窮人卻會讓恐懼擋住了他們行動。
♦ 致富法則：
行動是內在世界和外在世界之間的「橋樑」。
♦ 致富法則：
真正的戰事可以馴服這條叫做「恐懼」的眼鏡蛇。
♦ 致富法則：
如果你只願意做輕鬆的事，人生就會困難重重。但如果你願意做困難的事，人生就會變得輕鬆。
♦ 為什麼不舒服還是要行動？因為「舒服」就是你現在所在的位置。如果你想要移動到新的生命層次，就必須突破你的舒服區域，嘗試一些你覺得不太舒服的事。舒服的狀態會讓你覺得溫暖、模糊而安全，但它不會讓你成長。你唯一能成長的時機，是在你跨出了你的舒服區之後。
♦ 你第一次常識新事物的時候，感覺舒服還是不舒服？通常是不舒服吧；但是後來呢，你嘗試過多次之後，你就覺得它越來越書來了，對不對？就是這樣。一切事物在剛開始時都是不舒服的，但如果你堅持下去，最後就會穿越不舒服的領域，達到成功。然後你就會擁有一個更擴大的舒服區域，也就是說，你會變成一個「更大」的人。
♦ 致富法則：
你只在一個狀態是真正在成長的，那就是你覺得不舒服的時候。
♦ CZ = WZ (Comfort Zone = Wealth Zone)
你的「舒服區」等於你的「財富區」。
假如你能擴大你的舒服區，你就會擴大你的收入和財富區。你假如想要得到更多的舒服，你所冒的險就會比較少，得到的機會比較少，遇到的人比較少，新的嘗試也比較少。懂我意思了嗎？你越是以舒服當作選擇事物的考慮點，你被恐懼約束的程度就越高。
相反的，當你願意伸展你自己，你就擴大了自己的機會領域，而這就能讓你吸引更多的收入與財富。再者，當你擁有了一個很大的容器(舒服區)，宇宙就會衝進來把那個空間填滿。有錢和成功人士的舒服區很大，而且他們一直在擴大這個領域，以便取得並留住更多的財富。
絕對不會有人因為不舒服而死去。但是以舒服之名活著，比什麼都會扼殺新點子、機會、行動和成長。舒服是一個殺手！如果你的人生以舒服為目標，那麼我保證你兩件事。第一，你永遠不會成為有錢人；第二，你永遠不會快樂。活在半冷不熱的狀況裡，幻想一切有所不同，這樣是不可能快樂的。快樂，來自於我們讓自己順著自然去追求成長，並且充分發揮自我潛能。
試一試吧，下次你覺得不舒服、不確定或者害怕的時候，不要縮起來躲進安全區，而要大膽挺進。要注意並體驗不舒服的感覺，知道它只是一種感覺罷了，而它沒有能力阻擋你。如果你不顧不舒服的感覺也硬著頭皮繼續前進，你最後一定就能達到目標。
不必管不舒服的感覺會不會消失，就算他真的消退了，也要把它當作是訊號，表示你應該把目標再擴大一點，因為你一旦感覺舒服了，你就停止成長了。然後，為了讓自己達到最大幅度的成長，你必須永遠活在你的盒子邊緣。
而且正因為我們是習慣的動物，所以我們必須多多練習。我要你練習在面對恐懼的時候採取行動，在不方便的時候採取行動，在不舒服的時候採取行動，還要練習在你沒有心情行動的時候也能採取行動，這樣一來，你很快就會進入更高層次的人生。此外，練習的過程中要沿路檢查你的銀行帳戶，我保證它也會成長迅速。
♦ 作家馬克.吐溫：我這輩子有過幾千個問題，其中大部分從來沒有真正發生。
♦ 致富法則：
就追求成功和快樂來說，你最應該學習的技巧，就是訓練並管理你自己的心。
♦ 暢銷作家羅伯特.艾倫說：你腦子裡沒有一個想法是不必付房租的。
你要為負面的想法付出代價。你會付出金錢、精力、時間、健康和你所在層次的快樂程度。
♦ 像有錢人一樣行動：
1.列出三個你與金錢和財富有關的最大憂慮、困擾，或恐懼。向它們挑戰。你所害怕的情形是什麼？把它們寫下來。這些情況如果真的發生了，你會怎麼做？你還能生存嗎？你能東山再起嗎？很可能答案是可以。所以，別再憂慮了，開始變成有錢人吧！
2.練習走出你的舒服區，故意做一些會讓你感到不舒服的決定。找一些你平常不會交談的人說話，找老闆加薪，或是提高你的服務價格，每天早一個小時起床，晚上去樹林裡散步。歡迎來接受我們的啟蒙戰士訓練，它會把你訓練得所向無敵。
3.運用「強力思考法」。觀察你自己和你的思考模式，只接受那些會支持你得到快樂和成功的念頭。挑戰你腦子裡那個老是說「我不行」或「我不喜歡」的聲音。不要讓這種源自恐懼、一心想要舒服的聲音得勝。與自己約定，不管何時，只要那個聲音試圖阻撓你去做某件可以幫助你成功的事，你就偏要去做，要讓你的心靈知道，主人是你，不是它。這樣一來，你可以大幅增加自信，這個聲音會變得越來越安靜，最後，對你絲毫不起作用。


財富檔案17
有錢人持續成長。
窮人認為他們已經知道一切。
♦ 名作家吉姆.朗(Jim Rohn)：
如果你繼續做你從以前到現在一直在做的事，你就會繼續得到你一直以來得到的東西。
♦ 哲學家艾瑞克.霍非(Eric Hoffer)說：
學習者將會繼承地球，而有學問的人將會優雅的住進一個不再存在的世界。
♦ 富蘭克林：如果你認為教育很昂貴，請試一試無知的代價吧。
♦ 每一位大師都曾經是位大失敗。
♦ 有錢人瞭解，成功的順序是：
擁有去做成為
窮人和小康人士卻認為，成功的順序是：
成為去做擁有
♦創造財富的目標，主要不在於擁有一大筆錢；創造財富，是為了幫助你成長為你所成為的最佳的你。
♦ 想得到最好的薪水，你必須是最好的。
♦ 像有錢人一樣行動：
1.努力追求成長。每個月至少讀一本書，聽一卷教育性的有聲書，或是去上一堂關於金錢、商業或個人成長的課程。這些將會讓你的知識、自信和成功凌空飛翔！
2. 考慮聘請一位個人教練，幫助你走在軌道上。

♦ T. 哈福. 艾克：真正的富有，取決於一個人能夠付出多少。
♦ 自覺，是指你觀察自己的想法和行動，讓你自己從此時此刻的真正選擇出發，而不是從你過去受到制約的基礎而行動。
♦ 甘地：在這個世界上，你必須成為你希望看到的改變。

有錢人想的和你不一樣 - Part 1

有錢人想的和你不一樣
T. Harv Eker，大塊文化
前言：
♦如果你潛意識裡的「金錢藍圖」不是把目標「設定」在成功，那麼你不論學了什麼，懂了什麼，做了什麼，都不會有任何效果。
Funny：我得了「尼斯湖水怪病」：我聽過這種叫做「賺錢」的東西，可是我從來沒看過。
Funny：我猜我爸可能向這位友人抱怨過我悲慘的處境，因為他看我的眼神裡有一份同情，那通常只在葬禮上才會出現。
Funny：我應該讓他知道我很忙…忙著看牆壁上的油漆剝落。
♦ 相信自己一定會成功，而且只許成功不許失敗。
♦ 作家喬許.比令斯：阻止我們成功的並不是我們不懂的事情。那些我們深信不疑、但其實不然的事情，反而是我們最大的阻礙。
♦ 信任小故事：有一個男人走在懸崖上，突然失去平衡，滑了一跤，摔下懸崖，但是他很幸運抓住了崖壁，為了保命只好懸掛在那裡。掛著掛著，最後他大叫：「上面有沒有人可以來幫我？」終於，有一個洪亮的聲音回答他：「我是上帝，我可以幫助你。你把手放開，要完全信任我。」然後你聽到：「上面有沒有別人可以來幫我？」道理：如果你想往上升到更高的生命層次，就必須願意放棄一些舊的思考和存在方式，並且接受新的方式。最後結果會為你證明一切。

金錢藍圖：
♦ 不但是要時間對了、地方對了，你自己這個人也必須對了。
♦ 你是誰？你如何思考？你有哪些習慣和特質？你對自己真正的感覺是什麼？你如何與別人建立關係？你對別人的信任有多少？你真的覺得自己值得擁有財富嗎？在覺得恐懼、憂慮、挫折與種種不方便的情況下，你的行動能力如何？你在心情不好的時候還能夠行動嗎？
♦ 韋爾德(Stuart.Wilde)：成功的關鍵在於提高你的能量；當你提高了能量，別人自然會被你吸引。
♦ 致富法則：你的收入，只能增加到你最願意做到的程度。
♦ 那些靠自己努力而致富的人，在失去財富之後，通常在很短的時間內就可以把錢全部賺回來。
♦ 80%的人一輩子無法如願達到財務自由的狀態，而有80%的人從來不覺得自己真正快樂。
♦ 致富法則：如果你想改變果實，你首先必須改變它的根；如果你想改變看得見的東西，你必須先改變你所看不見的東西。
♦ 在這世界上，看不到的東西，它的威力遠勝過我們看得到的任何東西。
♦ 致富法則：金錢是一種結果。財富是一種結果。健康是一種結果。生病是一種結果。你的體重也是一種結果。我們活在一個有因有果的世界。♦ 你聽到了，會忘掉；你看到了，會記得；你去做了，會了解。
♦ 實現程序(Process of Manifestation)：想法產生感覺，感覺產生行動，行動產生結果。
♦ 我們在生活的每一個領域中都被三個主要的方式制約： 語言設定 模仿 特殊事件
♦ 關於改變有四個關鍵因素，每一個因素都在你重新設定財務藍圖的過程中扮演重要角色。察覺－你要先知道某件事存在，才談得上改變它。理解－理解了你的「思考方式」從何而來之後，你就會知道：一切都是從你的內在而生。畫清界限－只要你知道了這種思考方式不等於你自己，你就可以脫離它，並且選擇是要保留它或放棄它；至於要保留或放棄它，就看你希望明天的自己是什麼樣子。你可以觀察自己這種思考方式，把它看個清楚；這是一個深藏在你心中很久很久的「檔案夾」，而這檔案夾裡面的資訊對你可能早就不具任何真理或價值。重新設定
♦ 第一種影響：語言設定察覺－寫下你小時候聽過的所有描述金錢、財富和有錢人的話語。理解－寫下你認為這些說法如何影響你的財務生活。畫清界線－你有沒有看出來，那些關於金錢的想法只代表了你所學來的東西，而不是你自己的想法，也不是現在的你？你能不能看出來，你現在的所有選擇都可以改變？提出宣言－請把手放在你的心上，說出以下這幾句話：「我所聽到的關於金錢的看法，不見得都是真實的。我要選擇新的思考方式，讓它幫助我得到快樂和成功。」
♦ 第二種影響：模仿察覺－想一想父母處理金錢的方式和習慣是如何，你跟他們有哪些地方是完全一樣的？哪些是完全不一樣的地方？把這些寫下來。理解－這個模仿步驟如何改變你的財務生活？把它寫下來。畫清界線－你明白這個方式只是你後天學習的，並不是你自己原本有的嗎？你明白現在你有權力選擇改變嗎？提出宣言－把你的手放在心上，大聲說：「我所模仿的金錢觀念是他們的。我現在要選擇自己的方式。」然後，摸著頭說：「這是有錢人的腦袋。」
♦ 第三種影響：特殊事件察覺－你小時候曾經遇到哪些與錢有關的事，在情緒上或情感上造成了重大反應？理解－這個事件如何影響了你目前的財務生活？把它寫下來。畫清界線－你知不知道，這種生活方式只是你後天學習來的，並不是原本的你？你知道你現在可以選擇改變它嗎？提出宣言－把你的手放在心上說：「我要放開我以前那些沒有正面意義的金錢經驗，我要創造新的富裕的未來。」接著，摸著你的頭說：「這是有錢人的腦袋。」
♦ 致富法則：如果想徹底改變室內溫度，唯一的辦法是重新設定溫度調節器。同理，想「徹底」改變你的理財成績，唯一的辦法是重新設定你的財務溫度調器，也就是你的金錢藍圖。
♦ 你的收入只能成長到你想要的標準。
♦ 致富法則：保持自覺，就是可以時時觀看自己想法和行動，好讓你能夠做出自己真心想要的抉擇，而不是被過去的設定所操控。
♦ 事物本身沒有意義，是你在賦予它們意義。
♦ 致富法則：你可以選擇那些會鼓勵你獲得幸福和成就的思考方式，而捨棄那些不能支持你獲得幸福的思考方式。
♦ 大部分人都知道，人是習慣的動物；不過大部分人不一定了解，習慣分成兩種：習慣了「去做」，以及習慣了「不去做」。一切你現在沒有在做的事，都是你習慣了不去做的事。要把不去做的習慣改掉，變成去做的習慣，唯一的方式就是去做它。

財富檔案１
有錢人相信：「我創造我的人生。」
窮人相信：「人生發生在我身上。」
♦ 你所關注的事情會擴大。
♦ 我一向盡可能遠離愛抱怨的人，因為負面的能量是會傳染的。但是有很多人很喜歡聚在一起聽別人抱怨。為什麼？因為他們在等著輪到自己抱怨。
♦ 像有錢人一樣行動：
1.每次你發現自己在責怪別人、找理由或是抱怨的時候，就把你的食指劃過你的喉嚨，當作是板機，提醒自己你正在斷送自己致富的機會。這個動作看起來有點粗魯，但它不比你責怪別人、尋找藉口和抱怨的時候更加粗魯，而且它最後會發生作用，把這些有害的習慣全部解除。
2.做一份「簡報」。在每一天臨睡前，寫下一件你今天進行得很順利的事，以及一件不順利的事。然後回答這個問題：「我是如何創造出這兩種情況的？」如果事情牽涉到別人，就問自己：「造成這兩種情況的原因中，我扮演了什麼角色？」，這個練習可以讓你為自己的生命負責，並且讓你發現哪些策略對你有益，哪一些卻沒有。

財富檔案2
有錢人玩金錢遊戲是為了贏。
窮人玩金錢遊戲是為了不要輸。
♦ 致富守則：如果你的目標是過得舒服就好，你就很可能永遠也不會有錢。但是如果你的目標是賺大錢，那麼你最後很有可能會舒服得不得了。♦ 像有錢人一樣行動：
1.寫下兩個財務目標，要能顯示你確實決定要創造富裕生活，而不只是要平庸生活或貧窮生活。為以下的目標寫下「必勝」兩字：年收入、淨值為這些目標設定一個實際的完成時間，同時，要記得「瞄準星星」。
2.去一家高級餐廳，點一份「市價」餐，不要問價錢。(如果資金有點不足，也可兩人共享。) 記得，不要點雞肉。

財富檔案3
有錢人努力讓自己有錢。
窮人一直想著要變有錢。
♦ 我們所處的這個宇宙，就像一個大型的郵購公司，不斷把人、事、物帶到你的身邊。你根據你的信念把你的能量訊息傳送出去，然後得到你所「訂購」的東西。根據吸引力定律，宇宙會盡可能的答應你，支持你。但是如果你的檔案裡的訊息很混亂，宇宙就不會瞭解你到底想要什麼。
♦ 致富法則：大部分人沒辦法得到他們想要的東西，最大的原因是他們不知道自己要什麼。
♦ 想要的三個層次：
1.我想要變得富有。如果錢掉到我的頭上我會接受。只是想要，並不會起作用。財富不會僅僅因為你想要就達成。
2.我選擇變得富有。這是說你決定要變成有錢人。「選擇」具有很強的能量，它與負擔起責任、為自己創造自己的現實，是一體兩面的事。
3.我致力於變得富有。「致力」的意思是「毫無保留的貢獻自己」，意思是完全付出，獻上你的一切，以達成富有的狀態。它的意思是願意做任何該做的事，付出所有該付出的時間。這是戰士的方式。沒有藉口，沒有如果，沒有但是，也沒有或許，當然更不許失敗。戰士的方式很簡單：「我會變得富有，而我會嘗試到死為止。」
♦ 大部分人永遠不可能全心全意致力於讓自己變得富有。你問他們：「你願不願意用自己的性命打賭，十年後你會變成有錢人？」大部分人會說：「不願意！」正式因為他們不想全心致力於變成有錢人，所以他們不會有錢，而可能一輩子都不會。
♦ 致富法則：如果你不是全心全意、真心真意想創造財富，那麼你很可能創造不出多大的財富。
♦ 探險家W. H. 莫瑞(W. H. Murry)：人在全心投入之前，都會猶豫，想著退出，也就一直做不出什麼成績來。關於所有自發的(以及創造性)的行動，都有一個最基本的真理，忽略了這個真理，則會扼殺無數的點子和偉大的計畫：也就是說，從一個人真正把自己投入的那一刻開始，上帝的旨意也會跟著動作。從那個決定開始，啟動了一連串的事件，各種不同且無法預見的事件、人際遇合、物質援助接踵而來，以他未曾夢想過的方式匯聚起來，一同協助他。
♦ 像有錢人一樣行動：
1. 寫下一段話，說明你為什麼認為創造財富是一件重要的事。請寫具體的細節。
2.與一個支持你的朋友或家人見面，告訴他，你要喚起心中那股願意做出承諾的力量，讓這股力量幫助你創造成功。把手放在你的心上，看著對方的眼睛，說出以下宣言：「我______(名字)，在此宣示，我要成為大富翁，預計於___________(日期)以前達成。」然後，要你的伙伴對你說：「我相信你。」然後你說：「謝謝你。」對照你在許下承諾之前和做下承諾之後的心情。如果你覺得自由，那麼你就上路了。如果你覺得有一點恐懼，那麼你也上路了。如果你連做這個也懶，那麼你還處在「不願意付出所需付出的一切」的狀態，或是「我不需要做這種事」的狀態裡；不管你是在哪一種狀態，我都要提醒你：就是你那種方式把你自己帶到今天這個處境。n 財富檔案4有錢人想得很大。窮人想得很小。
♦ 致富法則：你的收入，與市場認為的你所產出的價值成正比。關鍵字是「價值」。市場是以四個因素判定你的價值：供給、需求、品質、數量。根據我的經驗，對於大多數人而言，這四個因素裡面挑戰最大的是數量。這個數量因素很簡單，它問的就是：你實際上把多少自身價值帶進了市場中？換一個表達方式，你實際上服務了多少人，或是影響了多少人？♦ 人生不只是關於你自己怎麼過活而已，還與對別人付出有關，也與完成你的使命有關，與你為什麼在此時存在於地球上有關。人生，是把自己這一塊小拼圖加進世界的版圖上。大部分人都太執著於自我，認為一切都是繞著自己旋轉，無時無刻想的都是我，我，我。然而，如果你想活出「富裕」一詞的真正意涵，它就不會只跟你自己有關，而必須為別人的生活增加價值。
♦ 現代最偉大的發明家和哲學家之一，巴克明斯特.富勒(Buckminster Fuller)曾說：生活的目的，是為我們這個世代及後代增添價值。
♦ 瑪莉安.威廉森(Marianne Williamson)在她的發現真愛(A Return to Love)裡寫道：你是上帝的孩子。你的小心翼翼幫不了這個世界。縮小自己，好讓周圍的人在你身邊不會感到不自在，這麼做並沒有意義。我們都必須閃亮，像孩童那樣發亮。我們生下來就是為了彰顯我們內在的上帝的榮光；它不是只存在於一些人裡面，它就在每一個人裡面。當我們讓自己的光芒閃閃發亮，我們也就不知不覺中允許了別人散發光芒。一旦我們從自我的恐懼中解放出來，那麼自然而然的，我們的存在就會讓人得到解放。
♦ 像有錢人一樣行動：
1.你相信自己具備哪些「天賦」？我指的是你很自然就做得很好的事。然後，也寫下你認為你如何運用這些天賦、用在哪些方面，尤其是如何在你的工作上運用它們。
2.你可以如何幫助你現有工作或事業上所影響到的人在多出十倍的人數？如何幫他們解決問題？把它寫下來，或者找一組人腦力激盪，至少想出三個不同的策略。想想「槓桿原理」。

財富檔案5
有錢人專注於機會。
窮人專注於障礙。
♦ 「杯子是半滿還是半空的？」這裡談的不是正面思考，而是你習慣性看待世界的角度。
♦至於有錢人，他們為自己生活中的結果負責，而他們的行動是基於這個想法：會行的通，因為我會讓它行的通。
♦包括運氣在內的任何有價值的事物，都是在你也採取了某些行動的時候才會朝你走來。
♦我不是說你不需要解決問題，你當然要在問題出現的時候就當下解決，可是你也要看著你的目標，繼續前進。把時間和精力用來創造你想要的事物。當障礙出現了，就把它解決掉，然後很快重新聚焦在你的目標上。人生不是用來解決難題的，不必把所有的時間都用來救火，這樣做的人，是在倒退過日子！你要把時間和能量放在想法和行動上，穩定向前，朝著目標邁進。
♦「預備、開火、瞄準」，你要在儘可能短的時間裡就準備妥當，然後行動，然後在沿途修正。
♦「踏上走廊」，從你現在所在的位置開始，用你現有的一切，加入遊戲下場玩吧。
♦我為自己設定的任務是認識糕餅這一行，所以很感激有這機會花別人的錢來學習，還能賺些零用錢。
♦ 這就是我所說的「走廊」，它的意思是，進入你將來想進入的領域，不管從什麼角色開始，總之先跨出第一步。這是你瞭解某個行業的最好方式，因為你能站在裡面看到一切。其次，你可以建立人脈，這是你站在圈子外面絕對做不到的。第三，一旦你踏入了走廊，很多機會之門就會朝你打開。也就是說，一旦你看到了真正在進行的事，你就可能會發現一個適合自己的切入點，這是你先前看不到的。第四，你可能會發現你並不真的喜歡這個行業，感謝老天，你還沒有投入太多，還來得及抽身。
♦ 像有錢人一樣行動：
1.加入遊戲。設想一個你一直想進行的情況或計畫，然後把你一向以來一直在等待的不管什麼東西全部拋開。現在就開始，從你所在的位置開始，用你手上現有的一切開始。如果可能，就一邊為某個人工作，或與某個人一起工作，想辦法學習基本技術。如果你已經學會了那些技術，那麼你就沒有藉口了，馬上去做。
2.練習樂觀。在今天一整天，不管誰提了什麼問題或障礙，都把它改造城一個機會。你會把那些習於負面思考的人逼瘋，不過，管它的，反正他們一直在把自己逼瘋。
3.把焦點放在你已經擁有的事物上，而不是想著你所沒有的事物。列一張清單，寫下十件你在生命中覺得感謝的事，然後把這十件事物唸出聲音來，接下來的一個多月，每天早上都把它讀一遍。如果你不感激你現在所擁有的事物，你將不會得到更多，也不會需要更多。

財富檔案6
有錢人欣賞其它的有錢人和成功人士。
窮人討厭有錢人和成功人士。
♦ 贏得信賴的能力。關於致富的所有重要特質中，能得到別人的信任應該是最重要的一項。想想看，如果你對一個人沒有起碼的信任，你會跟他做生意嗎？不可能！這也就是說，假如你想賺錢，你很可能會需要得到很多很多人的信任，而且，為了要讓那麼多人願意信任你，你很可能必須是一個相當值得信賴的人。
♦ 像有錢人一樣行動：
1.練習夏威夷胡那人的哲學：「祝福你所想要的事物。」開車四處晃一晃，或者買幾本雜誌，看看別人的漂亮房子、可愛車子，然後閱讀幾個成功企業的故事。不論你看到了什麼東西是你想要的，都要祝福它，也祝福那個擁有它的人。
2.寫一封短信或e.mail，寄給一個在某個領域非常成功的人(你不一定要認識此人，也不必與對方見過面。)，告訴他們，你多麼崇拜和尊敬他們的成就。

財富檔案7
有錢人與積極的成功人士交往。
窮人與消極的人或不成功的人交往。
♦ 每當別人向我介紹一個非常有錢的人，我就會想辦法製造一個上去接近他們。我想跟他們談話，學習他們思考，交換聯絡方式，如果我們還有其他共同點，說不定可以跟他們交上朋友。
♦ 如果我最親密的人不相信自我成長這一套，甚至打擊我的念頭，怎麼辦？首先，不要用力改變那些思想負面消極的人或者勸他們來上課；那不是你的事。你的責任是，運用你所學到的東西，把自己變好，把你的人生過好。你要當模範，要成功，要快樂，這樣之後也許別人會看見(你內在的)光亮，然後也想要一點那光亮。再說一次，能量是會傳染的，黑暗在光裡面會退去。通常，當四周都是光亮的時候，人們必須非常努力才能繼續待在「黑暗」裡。你的工作就只有一件：活出你最棒的自己，如果他們來向你請教秘訣了，你這時在告訴他們。其次，要學習一項原則，這是在我們「魔法師訓練」上教的原則。這個課程是關於如何在彰顯你想要的事物的同時，做到保持冷靜，集中精神，內在祥和。這堂課上談到了另一項法則：「事情會發生都是有原因的，那個原因就是為了要幫助我。」如果你周圍都是消極和不好的情況，那麼你確實不容易維持正面思考、保持清醒，但這就是你的考驗！就像鋼在火裡會變硬，如果你周圍充滿了懷疑甚至譴責的聲音，但你還能真誠面對自己的信念，那麼你就會成長得更快速而且更堅強。同時還要記住：「事物本身沒有意義，除非我們賦予它意義。」回想本書中的第一章討論到，我們通常都會認同父母之中的某一人，或者反叛其中一人或甚至雙親，要看我們是如何「定義」他們的行為。所以，從現在開始，我要你練習著重新定義別人的負面行為，把它當作你絕對不要仿效的例子。他們越是消極，你心中就越是要經常響起警告生提醒自己，像他們那樣活著是多麼難看的事。我可不是建議你去那樣告訴他們，只是要你這麼做。不要責怪他們。因為一旦你開始論斷、批評、鄙視他們的人和行為，那麼你也不比他們好多少。事情也許會變得很糟，如果你實在無法抵擋他們的消極能量，實在是使你跌到了谷底，無法成長，這時你可能就必須勇敢做出決定，決定自己要變成什麼樣的人，接下來的人生想要怎麼過。我不是建議你去做衝動的事，但我自己絕對不會跟一個非常負面的、老是踐踏我學習慾望和成長慾望的人一起生活，因為我尊重我自己和我自己的人生，而且我值得獲得快樂和成功。世界上有六十三億人，我沒有理由跟一個老是撥我冷水的人綁在一起。如果他們不能跟上來，我就繼續前進。
♦ 大部分的人所賺的錢都在比好朋友的平均收入多20%或少20%的範圍以內。♦ 你懂得哪些事並不重要，重要的是你認識了哪些人。♦ 若想與老鷹一起飛翔，就別和鴨子一起游水。
♦ 2004奧運會，加拿大選手百米障礙賽世界冠軍波蒂塔.費里西恩(Perdita Felicien)，在最後決賽中撞上了第一道柵欄跌倒了，第二天記者會：我不知道為什麼會發生那種事，不過它就是發生了，所以我要好好利用它。接下來的四年我要更專注，更努力。誰知道，如果我這次贏了，我接下來的人生道路會是怎樣？也許我一點慾望都沒有了。我不知道。不過我知道的是，現在的我比以前更渴望贏得金牌，下次回來時，我會更強壯。
♦ 像有錢人一樣行動：
1.去圖書館、書店或到網路上，找一個事業成功的大富翁的傳記來讀。
以下幾人是不錯的範例，卡內基(Andrew Carnegie)、洛克裴勒(John D. Rockefeller)、梅琳.凱(Mary Kay)、川普(Donald Trump)、巴菲特(Warren Buffett)、威爾契(Jack Welch)、比爾.蓋茲(Bill Gates)、泰德.透納(Ted.Turner)。在他們的故事裡尋找啟示，學習一些追求成功的策略，最重要的是要模仿他們的思考方式。
2.參加一個高級的俱樂部，例如網球、健身、商業、高爾夫俱樂部等。在富麗堂皇的環境下與有錢人交誼。如果你負擔不起高檔俱樂部的會費，那麼就在你的城市裡最高級的飯店喝杯咖啡或下午茶，讓自己習慣這種氣氛，觀看四周的顧客，發現到他們跟你沒有什麼不同。3.指出你生活中的一個情況，或一個人，是特別帶有負面能量的。把自己從那個情況或關係中移開。如果是家人，就盡量少待在他們身邊。不要再看垃圾節目，也別再看不好的新聞。

財富檔案8
有錢人樂意宣傳自己和自己的價值觀
窮人把推銷和宣傳看成不好的事
♦有錢人通常都是領導者，而所有的領導者都是宣傳者。假如你想當領導者，你必須擁有跟隨者和支持者，也就是說，你必須善於推銷、啟發並鼓舞別人來相信你的觀點。
♦ 像有錢人一樣行動：
1.你認為，你目前提供(或者計畫中)的產品或服務有多少價值？根據你的看法，從一分到十分給它一個分數(一是最低，十是最高)。如果你給了七分到九分，就請修正你的產品或服務，提高它的價值。如果你的結果是六分以下，那麼不要再繼續提供那項產品或服務了，請你去宣傳你真正相信的東西。
2.看書，聽錄音帶或CD的有聲書，或者去上一堂行銷課與業務的課程。讓自己成為這兩個領域的專家，讓自己可以專精到向別人宣傳你的價值的程度，而且是用百分之一百的誠實態度來做宣傳。

KNNCCB

http://www.kennysia.com

Jim Rohn's Weekly E-zine - April 10, 2006

Welcome to Jim Rohn's Weekly E-zine
Issue 335 - April 10, 2006
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have been a subscriber to Jim Rohn's Weekly E-zine, but have not been receiving it or if you are a new subscriber - please make sure and add ezine@jimrohn.com to your Approved Senders list or your Whitelist. To add Jim Rohn's Weekly E-zine to your Approved Senders list in Outlook - Simply right-click on the email, mouse over Junk Mail and select "Add to Sender to Safe Senders List". For information on Approved Senders and Whitelisting in other email programs, please visit http://www.jimrohn.com/ezinetroubleshooting.asp
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jim Rohn International - Home of http://www.jimrohn.com - The Official Site of World Renowned Business Philosopher Jim Rohn
Today's issue is going out to 118,043 weekly subscribers. Thank you in advance for forwarding this issue to friends, family and associates!
The Jim Rohn 2006 Catalog is now available! Click here to view
http://www.jimrohn.com/catalog/2006catalog.pdf
Thanks and Enjoy Today's Edition!
JR/JRI

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"How do you deserve a fortune? Render fortunes of service." Jim Rohn
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Today's issue includes:
1. Establishing Dreams and Goals by Jim Rohn
2. Vitamins for the Mind - Emotions by Jim Rohn
3. What in the World Are You Doing? by Chris Widener
4. Plan, Do and Review!
5. Claim Your Power Now with Jim Rohn in Dallas... Bob Proctor in Toronto... and Lots More in Between!
6. Jim Rohn Testimonials - April 4 - 10, 2006
7. More Information

1. Establishing Dreams and Goals by Jim Rohn (Excerpted from Week Six of the Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan)
One of the amazing things we have been given as humans is the unquenchable desire to have dreams of a better life, and the ability to establish goals to live out those dreams. Think of it: We can look deep within our hearts and dream of a better situation for ourselves and our families; dream of better financial lives and better emotional or physical lives; certainly dream of better spiritual lives. But what makes this even more powerful is that we have also been given the ability to not only dream but to pursue those dreams and not only to pursue them, but the cognitive ability to actually lay out a plan and strategies (setting goals) to achieve those dreams. Powerful! And that is what we will discuss in detail this week: How to dream dreams and establish goals to get those dreams.
What are your dreams and goals? This isn't what you already have or what you have done, but what you want. Have you ever really sat down and thought through your life values and decided what you really want?

Have you ever taken the time to truly reflect, to listen quietly to your heart, to see what dreams live within you? Your dreams are there. Everyone has them. They may live right on the surface, or they may be buried deep from years of others telling you they were foolish, but they are there.

So how do we know what our dreams are? This is an interesting process and it relates primarily to the art of listening. This is not listening to others; it is listening to yourself. If we listen to others, we hear their plans and dreams (and many will try to put their plans and dreams on us). If we listen to others, we can never be fulfilled. We will only chase elusive dreams that are not rooted deep within us. No, we must listen to our own hearts.

Let's take a look at some practical steps/thoughts on hearing from our hearts on what our dreams are:
Take time to be quiet. This is something that we don't do enough in this busy world of ours. We rush, rush, rush, and we are constantly listening to noise all around us. The human heart was meant for times of quiet, to peer deep within. It is when we do this that our hearts are set free to soar and take flight on the wings of our own dreams! Schedule some quiet "dream time" this week. No other people. No cell phone. No computer. Just you, a pad, a pen, and your thoughts (you get to do this in the workbook exercises this week).

Think about what really thrills you. When you are quiet, think about those things that really get your blood moving. What would you LOVE to do, either for fun or for a living? What would you love to accomplish? What would you try if you were guaranteed to succeed? What big thoughts move your heart into a state of excitement and joy? When you answer these questions you will feel Great and you will be in the "dream zone." It is only when we get to this point that we experience what Our dreams are!

Write down all of your dreams as you have them. Don't think of any as too outlandish or foolish - remember, you're dreaming! Let the thoughts fly and take careful record.

Now, prioritize those dreams. Which are most important? Which are most feasible? Which would you love to do the most? Put them in the order in which you will actually try to attain them. Remember, we are always moving toward action, not just dreaming.

Here is the big picture: Life is too short to not pursue your dreams. Someday your life will near its end and all you will be able to do is look backwards. You can reflect with joy or regret. Those who dream, who set goals and act on them to live out their dreams are those who live lives of joy and have a sense of peace when they near the end of their lives. They have finished well, for themselves and for their families.

Remember: These are the dreams and goals that are born out of your heart and mind. These are the goals that are unique to you and come from who you were created to be and gifted to become. Your specific goals are what you want to attain because they are what will make your life joyful and bring your family's life into congruence with what you want it to be.

Until next week, let's do something remarkable!
Jim Rohn

This article is excerpted from the Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan. To sign-up this week to begin the Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan and receive additional bonuses - for details go to http://jr1.jimrohn.com or call 800-929-0434.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To read previous articles, quotes, and Q and A from the Jim Rohn Weekly E-zine Archives, or to get a complete listing of Jim Rohn's books, audios, videos and seminar schedule, or to place an order; please go to: http://www.jimrohn.com or call 800-929-0434 M-F 8:00-5:30 CST.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2. Vitamins for the Mind by Jim Rohn
Emotions by Jim Rohn
Emotions will either serve or master, depending on who is in charge.

Our emotions need to be as educated as our intellect. It is important to know how to feel, how to respond, and how to let life in so that it can touch you.

Civilization is the intelligent management of human emotions.
Measure your emotions. You don't need an atomic explosion for a minor point.

Women have an incredible ability to pick up on emotional signals. For example, there are some wolves that are so clever they have learned to dress up like sheep. Man says, "Looks like a sheep. Talks like a sheep." Woman says, "Ain't no sheep!"
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vitamins for the Mind is a weekly sampling of original quotes, on a specific topic, taken from The Treasury of Quotes by Jim Rohn (TTOQ). TTOQ, a beautiful, burgundy hardbound book with gold foil lettering, is a collection of over 365 quotes on 60 topics gathered from Jim's personal journals, seminars and books spanning over 39 years. To order the TTOQ by Jim Rohn or Excerpts from TTOQ by Jim Rohn or Brian Tracy, please go to http://www.jimrohn.com

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. What in the World Are You Doing? by Chris Widener (excerpted from Jim Rohn's Twelfth Pillar of Success: Legacy, Part Three of the Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan)

Hi there, Chris Widener here. This week I want to talk with you about leaving an impact legacy. "What is an impact legacy?" you may ask. It is how you impact people and the world around you. You see, many people glide through life and do not make much of an impact. That is unfortunate. Others though, those driven by a purpose and passion for living, are continually making the world a better place and making an impact wherever they go. That's what I believe you want to do.
In order to help you reflect on this during this week, I want to ask you a question: What in the world are you doing?

Here is the typical life - typical, though not everybody does it this way. But for the most part, people's lives generally go something like this:

You're born
You eat and sleep
You play with toys
You go to school
You play little league
You go to school
You learn to drive
You go to school
You leave high school
You go to more school, but you pay for it now
You get a job
You get married
You buy a house
You have kids
You watch your kids eat, sleep, play and go to school
You work, work, and work
You retire
You die

That's the basic life, isn't it? I know there is more to it, but that is about it for most people.

Here is that question again: What in the world are you doing?
I mean, what are you doing besides the typical "enjoying yourself while you are waiting to die" scenario? What kind of impact are you making?

What I believe sets the successful apart is that they don't just live the average life. They don't just pass time. They make an impact. They have something compelling in their life that drives them - something that gives them an answer when they are asked that question: What in the world are you doing?

I'm helping children.
I'm creating a business that supports many families.
I lead a church.
I am defending our liberties.
I am raising great children.
I'm teaching others to improve their lives.
I help people have fun.
I create memories for people.
In other words, successful people always come down to this:
I make an impact and help other people by (fill in your purpose here).

What in the world are you doing?
If you want to be successful, you need to be able to answer that by describing how you help others. Because if you aren't helping others - if you aren't making an impact - you are just taking up space, eating food and waiting to die.

Here's the question for you to answer this week and what to do with your answer:

What in the world are you doing?
If you know, then you are good to go - live it and make an impact!
If you don't know, then maybe you need to reflect on what you are doing, what your life is about, and how you can explode the mundane bubble you may be living in!

The world needs impact makers - so live to be one!

Have a great week!
Chris

This article is excerpted from the Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan. To sign-up this week to begin the Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan and receive additional bonuses - for details go to http://jr1.jimrohn.com or call 800-929-0434.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"One customer, well taken care of, could be more valuable than $10,000 worth of advertising." Jim Rohn

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4. Plan, Do and Review!
As we close out the first quarter of the 2006 year and jump right in to the second quarter, one of the things we do here at Jim Rohn International is Plan, Do and Review. We plan for the upcoming quarter, take action on those plans and review how what we have been doing is working. Now is a great time to Plan, Do and Review. Are you focused and on course for reaching your goals? Are you on the right track mentally, physically, spiritually, financially, relationally, etc.?

As you may already know, in the past 42 months (since the launch of our Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan Program) we have had 99% of our enrollees stay committed to a plan of consistent and continual growth in their personal and professional lives -- over 4,400 people, in fact!
With this program you receive 12 Pillars of Success, 52 weekly email trainings, a 600+ page downloadable workbook, 12 monthly conference calls (including Zig Ziglar, Loral Langemeier, Jim Rohn, etc.), plus thousands of dollars worth of Jim Rohn's CDs, DVDs and books for your library - all for what averages out to less than a dollar a day for a Silver Membership or $46 a month for a Gold. Also available is a Bronze package that averages out to $16 a month.

This is by far the most comprehensive One-Year Success Game Plan ever created for your personal and business achievement.
For more information about the 3 unique packages and special pricing or to order now, go to http://jr1.jimrohn.com or call 800-929-0434.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"You have to do more than you get paid for because that's where the fortune is." Jim Rohn

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5. Claim Your Power Now with Jim Rohn in Dallas... Bob Proctor in Toronto...and Lots More in Between!
Has procrastination become a habit?
Are you paralyzed by fear that's keeping you from going after what you want?

Do you have trouble staying focused on a goal?
Are you ready for a personal breakthrough?
Then it's time to let some of the top experts in the world help you Claim Your Power Now. Join Jim Rohn in Dallas, Bob Proctor in Toronto, and other exciting trainers in Atlanta, Houston, South Florida, Chicago and NYC/New Jersey for this brand new "one day to a breakthrough seminar."

Here are some of the tools you're going to bring home from your breakthrough day:

The 15-minute a day action that will double your results in less than 30 days.
How to determine what you really want, and how to motivate yourself to get started, keep going, and — most importantly — finish what you start, so you actually get the rewards you want.

How to use the most powerful six-word "secret" in the world to totally transform your life, regardless of where you're at today.
The key to eliminating the self-sabotaging behavior that brings your best efforts to a screeching halt.

The secret to developing an unstoppable persistence.
And too much more to list here!

So stop for a moment, and go get all the details on how to Claim Your Power Now! And hurry, there's over $200 in real bonuses for early birds.
For more information or to Order Tickets Online click here http://seminar.jimrohn.com or call 800-929-0434.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Learn how to turn frustration into fascination. You will learn more being fascinated by life than you will by being frustrated by it." Jim Rohn

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6. Jim Rohn Testimonials - April 4 - 10, 2006
Here are some of the dozens of testimonials and comments we received over the past week from E--zine subscribers. To read more recent testimonials and the over 2500 we have received from readers over the past year, please go to: http://www.jimrohn.com

I am only a few days into my Fripp materials that I ordered from JimRohn.com, but I am already convinced that you (Patricia Fripp) are incredible! I used a few 'Fripp Tips' yesterday in front of my church ministry group, and they were very effective at gripping the audience, taking them where I needed them to go, so to speak. Once again, Thank you! I look forward to seeing you at the top!
-- Jimi Varner

Crystal, I feel like a valued customer and it is because of you. I thank you again, always for your help and your gracious and informational replies.
-- Scott

Thank you E-zine readers, for the sincere and kind words of encouragement and appreciation you sent us this week! -- JRI
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation and great joy." Jim Rohn

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7. More Information

Ezine Archives - To review previous issues of Jim Rohn's Weekly E-zine, please go to: http://www.jimrohn.com/ezines.asp
Printer-Friendly Version - http://www.jimrohn.com/ezinearchives/2006/pr335.asp
Personal Coaching - For those who are interested in personal coaching for 2006 you can now have access to Jim Rohn International coach - TC Cummings (former U.S. Navy Seal and Personal Development aficionado) and his team. For more information go to http://coaching.jimrohn.com or call 800-929-0434 and talk with Yveatte or Crystal or send an email to mailto:info@jimrohn.com.
A Plan of Consistent and Continual Growth! - The Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan - (99% retention rate) offers a plan of consistent and continual growth in your personal and professional life, all for as little as $17 a month. For details go to http://jr1.jimrohn.com or call 800-929-0434.

Financial Mastery! Yes, one whole year on Financial Mastery, designed to both educate and help you create long-term duplicatable systems for 12 major areas of your financial world - To enroll today go to http://tj.jimrohn.com or call 800-929-0434 and talk with Yveatte or Crystal or send an email to mailto:info@jimrohn.com

For our MP3 and e-book listings go to http://mp3.jimrohn.com
Print New Catalog: http://www.jimrohn.com/catalog/2006catalog.pdf
Monthly Specials - Save 20-60% Off All Products! http://monthly.jimrohn.com

Save 20 - 60% off all books, audios and videos by Jim Rohn and other great speakers such as: Brian Tracy, Jan Ruhe, Charlie 'T' Jones, Bob Burg, Les Brown and more. For Jim Rohn products:
http://www.jimrohn.com/shopping/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=12
For all CDs, DVDs and books by additional authors - http://www.jimrohn.com/otherauthors.asp or call 800-929-0434. Also receive five bonus gifts for orders over $10.
Schedule Update - http://seminar.jimrohn.com
Jim Rohn Books In Spanish and Portuguese! Send email to mailto:info@jimrohn.com with Spanish/Portuguese in the subject.
How to Subscribe - Subscribe at http://www.jimrohn.com or send an email with JOIN in the subject to mailto:subscribe@jimrohn.com
How to Unsubscribe - Use the automatic unsubscribe link at the bottom of this email, or send an email with Remove in the subject to mailto:unsubscribe@jimrohn.com

The Jim Rohn Affiliate Program - http://www.jimrohn.com/affiliate.asp
Booking Jim Rohn - Send an email to mailto:info@jimrohn.com and include your name, company, date and location of event, along with anticipated audience size and composition.
Jim Rohn Bio - http://www.jimrohn.com/chairmanboard.asp
Rave reviews - http://www.jimrohn.com/ravereviews.asp to find out what others who have experienced Jim Rohn live, including Anthony Robbins, Harvey Mackay, Les Brown, Mark Victor Hansen, Jan Ruhe, Brian Tracy, Vic Conant and others say about Jim Rohn - his philosophies and his message.
No Spamming or List Sharing! - You can rest assured that your subscription email address will be kept in the strictest confidence. We do not divulge, nor make available to any third party, our subscription list. Your privacy is paramount to us! Therefore, it receives the respect it deserves!

Copyright/Reprint Info - The contents of this E-zine may be copied, reproduced, or freely distributed for all nonprofit purposes without the consent of the author as long as the author's name and contact information are included. Example: Reproduced with permission from the Jim Rohn Weekly E-zine.
All contents Copyright (c) 2006 Jim Rohn International except where indicated otherwise. All rights reserved worldwide. **Duplication or reprints only with express permission or approved Credits (see above). All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Contact Information:
Jim Rohn International
2835 Exchange Blvd., Suite 200
Southlake, TX 76092
800-929-0434
International and/or Dallas/Ft Worth - 817-442-5407
Fax 817-442-1390 or visit the website at http://www.jimrohn.com

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Good service leads to multiple sales. If you take good care of your customers, they will open doors you could never open by yourself." Jim Rohn

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Make it a Great Week!

Self Improvement

http://ezinearticles.com/?cat=Self-Improvement:Inspirational

Learn From Failure and Confirm with Success

Learn From Failure and Confirm with Success - Chris Widener

Most people think that failure is bad and success is good. I want to help you change your thinking about that if you fall into that category. I will give you that failure isn’t fun and success is, but I think the following is true:

Both failure and success are good… if you know what their specific purpose is.

Of course we know that success is good, but why? Success is good because it confirms things for us.

Success confirms our plans.
Success confirms our decisions.
Success confirms our resources.
Success confirms our strategies.Success confirms our hunches.
Success confirms our teamwork.Success confirms our risks.
Success confirms a lot of things!

So when you are successful, ask yourself the following question: What does this success confirm in my mind?

Now, what about failure? What is the role of failure and how in the world can it be GOOD?

Failure’s role is to teach us. We learn from failure.

Failure teaches us that we need to change our plans.
Failure teaches us that we need to change our decisions.
Failure teaches us that we need to change our resources.
Failure teaches us that we need to change our strategies.
Failure teaches us that we need to change our hunches.
Failure teaches us that we need to change our teamwork.
Failure teaches us that we need to change our risks.
Failure teaches us that we need to change a lot of things!

But at least now we know one more thing that won’t work! With every failure, we learn one more way we can abandon and focus in on what may be the correct way in the future! When we look at it that way, we set ourselves up for a powerfully successful future!

So when you fail, ask yourself this question: What does this failure teach me?

Remember, Success and Failure are both good. They can both be your friend… If you know what role they are to play in your life.

Learn From Failure and Confirm with Success.

Thinking Like A Farmer

Thinking Like A Farmer by Jim Rohn

One of the difficulties we face in our industrialized age is the fact we've lost our sense of seasons. Unlike the farmer whose priorities change with the seasons, we have become impervious to the natural rhythm of life. As a result, we have our priorities out of balance.

Let me illustrate what I mean:

For a farmer, springtime is his most active time. It's then when he must work around the clock, up before the sun and still toiling at the stroke of midnight. He must keep his equipment running at full capacity because he has but a small window of time for the planting of his crop. Eventually winter comes when there is less for him to do to keep him busy.

There is a lesson here. Learn to use the seasons of life. Decide when to pour it on and when to ease back, when to take advantage and when to let things ride. It's easy to keep going from nine to five year in and year out and lose a natural sense of priorities and cycles. Don't let one year blend into another in a seemingly endless parade of tasks and responsibilities. Keep your eye on your own seasons, lest you lose sight of value and substance.

To Your Success,
Jim Rohn

汤加丽的BLOG

http://blog.sina.com.cn/m/tangjiali

Urine Therapy: an Amazing Untold Story

"When all other medicines and remedies failed, urine therapy successfully treated this woman's lifelong 'incurable' illness"

There is an extraordinary natural healing substance, produced by our own bodies, that modern medical science has proven to be one of the most powerful natural medicines known to man. Unlike many other natural medical therapies, this method requires no monetary investment or doctor's intervention and can be easily accessed and used at any time. The extensive medical research findings on this natural medicine have never been compiled and released to the general public before now, but those who have been fortunate enough to hear about this medicine and use it have found that it can produce often astounding healing even when all other therapies have failed.

This book tells of the doctors, medical researchers and the hundreds of other people who have used this extraordinary medicine throughout our century to cure a huge variety of common illnesses and combat even the most incurable diseases. This is the extraordinary untold story of a natural healing substance so remarkable that it can only be called our own perfect medicine. My own experience with this little-known natural medicine began as a result of my search for an answer to many years of serious chronic illnesses that had begun very early in life. Like thousands of people today, I had developed chronic, degenerative disorders that couldn't be helped by conventional medicine and which threatened to destroy permanently my ability to work, function and simply enjoy life.
When I was young, I suffered through the same measles, mumps, chicken pox and colds that everyone else did. And like other children, I played hard, worked hard, and dreamed of the day when I would become a vigorous, emancipated teenager, just like everyone else. But, for me, that particular dream wasn't going to come true. One beautiful July morning at the age of 12, I awoke with a start. Suddenly, surprised and frightened, I realised I was lying in a dark red pool of blood that was so large it had soaked through even the thick layers of my mattress. Trembling and weak, I pushed myself up out of bed and felt a horrible, wrenching pain tear through my abdomen.

My worried mother came running in answer to my screams, but, after assessing the situation, said there really wasn't much she could do about the pain of my first menstrual period. But what neither she nor I knew at the time was that what should have been a natural transition to adolescence and menstruating was, for me, going to become a waking nightmare that lasted almost 30 years. At the onset of each one of my monthly menstrual periods I would invariably end up either in my doctor's office or at the emergency room of the hospital screaming with pain, bleeding copiously and passing huge clots of blood.

For several months after my 'periods from hell' began, my mother chauffeured me around the city from doctor to doctor with no success until our family doctor finally instituted a monthly regimen of painkillers such as Demerol or Darvon injections and then sent me home with a big, round bottle of full-strength prescription codeine with which I proceeded to dope myself senseless for the next eight to 10 days. This same cycle was repeated every month for almost 20 years.

Throughout adolescence, the simple everyday functions of getting up and going to school were an often monumental and utterly exhausting effort for me. Unlike the rest of my family and friends, I had marked periods of extreme exhaustion. I became extremely susceptible to colds and flu and felt bone-chillingly cold all the time-even in the warmest summer weather.

By the age of 14, the effort of combating severe chronic pain and fatigue while trying to keep up normal activities became impossible. I collapsed and had to be hospitalised and removed from school for several months. But even after a huge battery of medical tests and innumerable visits with doctors and specialists, no one was able to diagnose what was causing my problems.

After many weeks I returned to school and struggled through the high-school years with the aid of generous amounts of codeine and other strong painkillers that my doctor willingly prescribed. But by the time I left home for college, the symptoms of bleeding, exhaustion, pain and digestive problems became so bad that I often was unable even to leave my room or take part in daily activities.

I kept up the Demerol injections and codeine for many years and added to my regimen several other new painkillers and drugs which had been developed for menstrual problems. But the problems continued unabated, and in the ensuing years I developed myriad other serious health problems.

During the years from age 18 to 30 I was diagnosed with pelvic inflammatory disease, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease or ileitis (a chronic, painful inflammation of the colon), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), Hashimoto's disease (a disorder of the thyroid gland) and mononucleosis.

I had severe chronic kidney infections, two miscarriages, chronic cystitis, severe candida and external yeast infections along with marked adrenal insufficiency and serious chronic ear and sinus infections for which I was prescribed antibiotics on an ongoing basis for several years. Food and chemical allergies also became a big problem, and even though I ate almost nothing because of my extreme food allergies, I actually kept gaining weight, which only added to the discomfort of all the other health disorders with which I was dealing.

The bottles of drugs I had taken during this time could have filled a small landfill, but none of my illnesses or disorders had been resolved and, in fact, they were more debilitating than ever. It seemed as though I had become nothing more than a walking encyclopaedia of disease, and the worst part about the entire situation was that no matter how many failed drug therapies I tried, any visit to the doctor's office only resulted in another discouraging failure.

Another big problem was the drug side-effects. I felt like a ping-pong ball, bouncing from one drug to another as my doctors kept prescribing more and different drugs to counteract the side- effects of the ones I was already taking.

By the time I turned 30, the natural health movement was really picking up speed, and, desperate for any solution, I tried out the Adelle Davis nutrition regimen, megavitamin therapy, acupuncture, chiropractic care and every herbal preparation and drug-free natural health therapy that I could find.

Within two years, my chronic cystitis cleared up and the menstrual pain and bleeding markedly decreased. The ulcerative colitis also responded and the sinus infections disappeared. I felt that I was slowly and surely regaining strength and health and even beginning to experience a portion of the energy and vigour that 'normal' healthy people enjoy-and all without drugs.

When I conceived my son at 34 and made it through the first trimester without miscarrying, I felt as though I'd conquered the final health frontier. Unfortunately, in my burst of enthusiasm, I underestimated the impact of pregnancy on my understandably frail health, and the birth for which I had so carefully prepared was a near-fatal disaster requiring emergency surgery. As it turned out, even despite all the illness and pain I'd gone through in the years before the birth, all of it seemed like child's play after I ran head-on into the serious complications of a difficult childbirth.

For months after the birth I hounded my gynaecologist, complaining of unremitting and severe abdominal cramps, cystitis and horribly painful menstrual periods. My natural health treatments would give temporary relief but, mystifyingly, didn't seem to have the same beneficial and lasting effects that they'd had before my pregnancy.

I underwent every conceivable medical test, each of which came back negative, but the problems just didn't go away. My doctor flinched every time I walked in the door and then sent me back out again with increasingly severe assurances that the pain was "unwarranted" and probably all in my head.

After alienating every doctor in town with my complaints, I finally gave up and decided to 'suffer in silence' until one hot summer day, almost 24 months after the birth, I suddenly fell screaming with pain on my living room floor in front of my terrified two- year-old. I literally had to crawl to the phone to call my husband. When he carried me, screeching, into my OB's office, the doctor clicked his tongue disapprovingly. "Now it can't be that bad, dear. We just checked you out a few months ago," he cajoled. He gave me codeine and sent me home. Forty-eight hours later I was in the operating room having emergency surgery for multiple-ruptured ovarian tumours.

A couple of days after the procedure, my doctor sauntered into my hospital room with a conciliatory grin on his face. "Gee," he drawled apologetically, "we had no idea anything like this was going to happen. Your ovary looked horrible-engorged to the size of a grapefruit. No wonder you were hurting. Sorry you had to go so long without help but, you know, the tests just never turned up anything. And oh, by the way, the pathologist found a little endometriosis in your right ovary."

Endometriosis is an incurable women's disease in which uterine tissue for some unknown reason detaches itself from the uterus, moves to other locations in the body and attaches itself to other organs or body tissue. This misplaced uterine tissue spontaneously bleeds in response to hormonal changes, causing internal bleeding, scarring and often excruciating pain that can destroy the woman's ability to live and function normally. This disease is not uncommon among women, but it is incurable, at least by conventional medical standards.

My "little" endometriosis turned into the monster that ate Tokyo. Three months after my doctor had 'successfully' operated, I was again sitting in the ultrasound room at the hospital, watching as several new endometrial tumours appeared on the monitor screen, accompanied by the usual excruciating pelvic pain, internal bleeding, constipation, haemorrhagic cystitis and acute exhaustion.

After the ultrasound I decided to contact a doctor who was recommended to me as an expert on endometriosis. He told me that he felt that my health problems had originally stemmed from undiagnosed severe endometriosis and an underactive thyroid which had probably been present since adolescence. He recommended an immediate hysterectomy, which I underwent. The day after the operation, the doctor visited me and compassionately whispered that I would "never have a problem with endometriosis again". But he was wrong.

Twenty months later, I had more tumours and another operation. Three months after that, the pain, tumours and internal bleeding reappeared and I was scheduled for what would by now have been my sixth surgical procedure in five years, which I refused to undergo.

Desperate and seriously debilitated, I flew to Mexico where I spent $15,000 on an intensive course of intravenous megavitamin and live-cell therapy at one of the alternative cancer clinics which had offered some hope for my case. For weeks, doctors poured nutrients and natural medicines into my veins and mouth. I watched as many of the cancer patients around me seemed to get better and better with the treatments. And I did, too-for about two months.

I spent my 40th birthday hopelessly sick and in bed, which was where I stayed that entire year. The drugs, operations and Mexican treatments had completely failed, and my usual herbs and homoeopathic remedies, although they gave temporary relief, seemed almost useless against the disease. And by now, even though I had health insurance, my husband and I had spent over $100,000 of our own money, and still I couldn't even get out of bed.

I had one last surgery which removed another large bleeding tumour. When I got home from the hospital I weighed 89 pounds and developed a post-surgical infection which required several courses of antibiotics. After taking the antibiotics, I developed an extremely severe case of candida (yeast infection). My hands and arms became covered with a horribly itchy fungal infection that nothing could relieve or cure, and I remained generally exhausted, bedridden and in intense pain.

Because of the surgeries, I was also experiencing early and severe menopausal symptoms: hot flushes, mood swings, water retention and depression. But because endometriosis is exacerbated by oestrogen, my doctor recommended that I refrain from taking oestrogen supplements which she said would have relieved the severe and very unpleasant symptoms.
Several months after the surgery, the all-too-familiar endometrial symptoms returned. My doctor assured me that all was well, but when I asked for and received my surgical records from the hospital I found she had written that "all attempts to remove endometriosis will be done, but complete surgical care can rarely be guaranteed; the patient may require further therapy for endometriosis, medically or surgically". For my exhausted and bewildered husband and myself, this prognosis seemed like an insurmountable and final defeat.

I had one more heart-to-heart talk with a gynaecologist who told me, "Given the severity of your case, the reality is that you could be facing a lifetime of corrective surgery." Given the state of my health at the time, I couldn't envision that "lifetime" meant anything more for me than a few additional years of mind-numbing pain and misery before my body finally gave out.

After nearly a lifetime of illness, these last episodes in my late thirties and early forties seemed like the final blow, and in all honesty I felt that there was no way out and no hope in sight. No matter how many times I'd been assured by my doctors that drugs and surgery would cure the endometriosis and my other disorders and make it possible for me to live a normal life, the doctors had been proven wrong. A few weeks later when I heard that one of my friends from the cancer clinic had died in his sleep, I felt sad for his family but happy for him because he was finally free of his pain and suffering. In many ways I felt that he was the lucky one and I almost wished that the same thing would happen to me. It seemed that death would have been a blessing, especially so that my family could be freed from the seemingly never-ending burden of my illness and be able to get on with their lives.

Sitting alone and discouraged one morning, I glanced up dismally from a book I was reading when my husband came into the room. "I've got something else we can try, honey," he chirped enthusiastically, and proceeded to describe his conversation with a woman who had cured herself of a serious and reportedly incurable kidney disorder by using an unusual therapy. "Whaaat!" I responded after he told me what the therapy was. "I don't think so," I said, and went back to reading my book.
But after several more days and many more horrible episodes of pain and drugs, my husband handed me a small book and said, "You've got to try this." I picked up the book and began to read. The small, unpretentious-looking book was full of fascinating stories about people who had been cured of even the worst diseases with a seemingly strange and little-known natural therapy. The therapy seemed incredibly effective, yet I still felt reluctant to try it. But as I read further on in the book, the stories were so compelling and the therapy was so simple that suddenly it didn't seem strange or preposterous to me any more. And at this point in my now nearly futile existence, I knew I had absolutely nothing to lose by trying it-so I did.

From the first day I began the therapy, to my immense surprise I got almost instantaneous relief from my incurable constipation and fluid retention. Within a week, my severe abdominal and pelvic pain was unbelievably gone.

The chronic cystitis and yeast infections (internal and external) soon disappeared, and food allergies, exhaustion and digestive problems all began to heal.

After a few more months of the therapy I noticed that, amazingly, my colds, flu, sore throats and viral symptoms, all of which had resurfaced and become chronic after the surgeries, now rarely made an appearance. My hair, which had fallen out in handfuls after my fifth surgery, became thick and lustrous, my weight normalised and my energy and strength increased so markedly that I was even able to work again.

Last summer I hiked four miles into the Grand Canyon. For the first time in many years I can swim and even comfortably ride horseback or on my mountain bike for hours at a time-all formerly unimaginable activities. Much to my own and my family's amazement, I am back at work. After 30 years of almost non-stop illness, I have a rich, full life again-and all because of an unbelievably simple and effective natural medicine that almost none of us even knows exists.

This natural therapy became, for me, a priceless gift of health, as it has for many others. It gave the fastest, most dramatic results of any natural or manmade medical treatment I have ever tried and was truly the miraculous happy ending to my long story of illness and failed medical treatments. By using this simple, natural medicine, along with other natural healing approaches such as homoeopathy, herbs, good nutrition and rest, I have been able to remain consistently disease-free and I feel better and stronger than I have ever felt in my life since that fateful day in July so many years ago. And even though this natural medicine seemed so peculiar to me at first, I later discovered to my surprise that medical researchers have been intensively studying and using this medicinal substance for decades.

As a matter of fact, unknown to the vast majority of the public, this incredibly simple and wonderful natural treatment is a well-proven medical therapy that has been used extensively and successfully throughout the 20th century by doctors and researchers from many different branches of medicine all over the world and has been shown to be amazingly effective in treating a huge variety of illnesses. It's time that all of us should know about this therapy and about the medical research findings on this truly remarkable natural medicine-which is why I have written this book.

Up until this point, whenever anyone wrote or talked about using this substance for healing, they've been told that it's just an unproven folk remedy or old wives' tale. But, as you'll discover in the following pages, this is completely untrue. The truth is that doctors and medical researchers for years have scientifically proven the tremendous effectiveness of this natural medicine. They just haven't told us about it-for reasons which we'll discuss later on in the book.

This simple, natural method may seem less glamorous than commercial drugs and space-age surgical techniques because it's not glorified by the press or hyped by sophisticated, sugar-coated advertising themes. But when all the manmade medicines in the world can't help, people like myself have been eternally grateful to find that nature has provided this safe, painless solution to even seemingly incurable illnesses.

WHAT MODERN SCIENCE KNOWS ABOUT A MIRACLE MEDICINE (AND ISN'T TELLING)

So what is this mystery miracle medicine and why don't any of us know anything about it? If the body really does produce such an amazing substance, and doctors and scientists have used it to heal people, where are the news reports, the accolades, the commercials, the media hype? You want to know the answer? Then prepare yourself by first opening your mind. Let go of your initial disbelief and preconceptions and get ready for the best-kept secret in medical history. This extraordinary miracle medicine that numerous doctors, researchers and hundreds of people have used for healing is human urine.

Surprised? Now before you scream "I don't believe it!" consider this. Whether you know it or not, you've already re-used and reingested your urine-large amounts of it for a long period of time-and it's one of the reasons you're alive today.

As medical researchers have discovered: "Urine is the main component of the amniotic fluid that bathes the human fetus. "Normally the baby 'breathes' this urine-filled amniotic fluid into its lungs. If the urinary tract is blocked, the fetus does not produce the fluid, and, without it, the lungs do not develop." (G. Kolata, "Surgery on Fetuses Reveals They Heal Without Scars", The New York Times, Medical Section, 16 August 1988)

This is a fact that probably none of you without a medical background know, but the reality is that urine is absolutely vital to your body's functioning, and the internal and external applications of urine have proven medical ramifications far beyond anything that we, the general public, can imagine. What amazes people most when they first hear about the medical use of urine is that they've never heard of it before. To the vast majority of mankind, urine is nothing more than a somewhat repugnant 'waste' that the body has to excrete in order to function.
But as you'll discover, urine is not a waste product of the body but, rather, an extraordinarily valuable physiological substance that has been shown throughout the history of medical science right up until today to have profound medical uses that most of us know absolutely nothing about.

One of the first things we need to clear up is the common perception of urine. Urine is not what you think it is. As a matter of fact, you probably have no idea what urine is or how your body makes it. In reality, urine is not, as most of us believe, the excess water from food and liquids that goes through the intestines and is ejected from the body. I know that we generally think of urine in just this way: you eat and drink, the intestines 'wring' out the good stuff in the food, and the urine is the leftover, dirty, waste water that your body doesn't want, so it should never, ever be reintroduced into the body in any form-right? Wrong.

No matter how popular a conception, this commonly shared scenario may be, it just isn't true. Urine is not made in your intestines. Urine is made in and by your kidneys. So what does this mean, and why should it change the way you feel about urine?

In layman's language, this is how and why urine is made in the body. When you eat, the food you ingest is eventually broken down in the stomach and intestines into extremely small molecules. These molecules are absorbed into tiny tubules in the intestinal wall and then pass through these tubes into the bloodstream. The blood circulates throughout your body, carrying these food molecules and other nutrients along with critical immune-defence and regulating elements such as red and white blood cells, antibodies, plasma, microscopic proteins, hormones, enzymes, etc., which are all manufactured at different locations in the body. The blood continually distributes its load of life-sustaining elements throughout the body, nourishing every cell and protecting the body from disease.

As it flows through the body, this nutrient-filled blood passes through the liver where toxins are removed and later excreted from the body in the form of solid waste. Eventually, this purified, 'cleaned' blood makes its way to the kidneys.

When the blood enters the kidneys it is filtered through an immensely complex and intricate system of minute tubules, called nephron, through which the blood is literally 'squeezed' at high pressure. This filtering process removes excess amounts of water, salts and other elements in the blood that your body does not need at the time.

These excess elements are collected within the kidney in the form of a purified, sterile, watery solution called urine. Many of the constituents of this filtered watery solution, or urine, are then re-absorbed by the nephron and delivered back into the bloodstream. The remainder of the urine passes out of the kidneys into the bladder and is then excreted from the body.

So, you say, the body's gotten rid of this stuff for a reason-so why would we want to use it again? And here's the catch. The function of the kidneys is to keep the various elements in your blood balanced. The kidneys do not filter out important elements in the blood because those elements in themselves are toxic or poisonous or bad for the body, but simply because the body did not need that particular concentration of that element at the time it was excreted.

And medical researchers have discovered that many of the elements of the blood that are found in urine have enormous medicinal value, and when they are reintroduced into the body they boost the body's immune defences and stimulate healing in a way that nothing else does. As medical research has revealed: "One of the most important functions of the kidney is to excrete material and substances for which the body has no immediate need..." (A. H. Free, and H. M. Free, Urinalysis in Clinical and Laboratory Practice, CRC Press, Inc., USA, 1975, pp. 13-17)
For instance, the kidneys filter out water and sodium from the blood into the urine. These are both vital life-sustaining elements without which your body cannot function. But both elements could be lethal if there were too much water or sodium in your blood.

Now what about potassium, calcium and magnesium? These are familiar nutrients that we ingest in our food and vitamin pills every day, but they're also in your urine. These nutritional elements are extremely valuable substances to the body, certainly not toxic, and yet the kidney excretes these elements into the urine. Why? Because it's taking out the excess amounts of potassium, calcium, etc. that are not needed by your body at the time they are filtered out. Actually, it is this regulating process of the kidneys and the excretion of urine that allows us to eat and drink more than our bodies need at any one time. "The principal function of the kidney is not excretion, but regulation... The kidney obviously conserves what we need, but, even more, permits us the freedom of excess. That is, it allows us to take in more than we need of many necessities-water and salt, for example-and excrete exactly what is not required." (Dr Stewart Cameron [Professor of Renal Medicine, Guy's Hospital, London], Kidney Disease: The Facts, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 1986)

But this isn't the end of the story. Scientists have discovered that urine, because it is actually extracted from our blood, contains small amounts of almost all of the life-sustaining nutrients, proteins, hormones, antibodies and immunising agents that our blood contains. "Urine can be regarded as one of the most complex of all body fluids. It contains practically all of the constituents found in the blood." (A. H. Free and H. M. Free, Urinalysis in Clinical and Laboratory Practice, CRC Press, Inc., USA, 1975, pp. 13-17)

Many medical researchers, unlike most of us, know that far from being a dirty body-waste, fresh, normal urine is actually sterile and is an extraordinary combination of some of the most vital and medically important substances known to man. Now this fact may be unknown to the vast majority of the public today, it is nothing new to modern medicine.

To us, the public, urine seems like an undesirable waste product of the body, but to the medical research community and the drug industry it's been considered to be liquid gold. Don't believe it? Read this: "Utica, Michigan - Realising it is flushing potential profits down the drain, an enterprising young company has come up with a way to trap medically powerful proteins from urine. Enzymes of America has designed a special filter that collects important urine proteins, and these filters have been installed in all of the men's urinals in the 10,000 portable outhouses owned by the Porta-John company, a subsidiary of Enzymes of America."Urine is known to contain minute amounts of proteins made by the body, including medically important ones such as growth hormone and insulin. There is a $500-million-a-year market for these kinds of urine ingredients. "This summer, Enzymes of America plans to market its first major urine product called urokinase, an enzyme that dissolves blood clots and is used to treat victims of heart attacks. The company has contracts to supply the urine enzyme to Sandoz, Merrell Dow and other major pharmaceutical companies. Ironically, this enterprise evolved from Porta-John's attempt to get rid of urine proteins-a major source of odour in portable toilets. "When the president of Porta-John began consulting with scientists about a urine filtration system, one told him he was sitting on a gold mine. "The idea of recycling urine is not new, however. 'We thought about this,' says 26 Whitcome of Amgen, a Los Angeles biotechnology firm, 'but realised we'd need thousands and thousands of litres of urine.' "Porta-John and Enzymes of America solved that problem. The 14 million gallons flowing annually into Porta-John's privies contain about four-and-a-half pounds of urokinase alone. That's enough to unclog 260,000 coronary arteries." ("Now Urine Business", Hippocrates magazine, May/June 1988)

But urokinase isn't the only drug derived from urine that, unknown to us, has been a financial boon to the pharmaceutical industry. In August of 1993, Forbes magazine printed an article about Fabio Bertarelli who owns the world's largest fertility drug-producing company, the Ares-Serono Group, based in Geneva, whose most important product is the drug Pergonal which increases the chances of conception. Guess what Pergonal is made from? "To make Pergonal, Ares-Serono collects urine samples from 110,000 postmenopausal women volunteers in Italy, Spain, Brazil and Argentina. From 26 collection centres, the urine is sent to Rome where Ares-Serono technicians then isolate the ovulation-enhancing hormone." (N. Munk, "The Child is the Father of the Man", Forbes Magazine, 16 August 1993)

Ares-Serono earned a reported $855 million in sales in 1992, and people pay up to $1,400 per month for this urine extract. Obviously, most of us are operating under a gross misconception when we wrinkle our nose at the thought of using urine in medicine.

Urea, the principal organic solid in urine, has long been considered to be a 'waste product' of the body. It's even been considered to be dangerous or poisonous, but this, too, is completely untrue. Like any other substance in the body, too much urea can be harmful, but urea in and of itself is enormously valuable and indispensable to body functioning. Not only does urea provide invaluable nitrogen to the body, but research has shown that urea actually aids in the synthesis of protein, or, in other words, it helps our bodies use protein more efficiently. Urea has also been proven to be an extraordinary antibacterial and antiviral agent and is one of the best natural diuretics ever discovered. Urea was discovered and isolated as long ago as 1773 and is currently marketed in a variety of different drug forms. These are a few more examples of commercial medical applications of urine and urea in use today:

Ureaphil: diuretic made from urea Urofollitropin: urine-extract fertility drug Ureacin: urea cream for skin problems Amino-Cerv: urea cream used for cervical treatments Premarin: urine-extract oestrogen supplement Panafil: urea/papain ointment for skin ulcers, burns and infected wounds Another urine-related product ingredient is carbamide. Carbamide is the chemical name for synthesised urea. Where do you find carbamide? In places you'd never thought of, such as in products like Murine Ear Drops and Murine Ear Wax Removal System which contain carbamide peroxide, a combination of synthetic urea and hydrogen peroxide.

Medical researchers have also proven that urea is one of the best and only medically proven, effective skin moisturisers in the world. In many years of laboratory studies, researchers discovered that, unlike just about all other types of oil-based moisturisers that simply sit on the top layers of the skin and do nothing to improve water retention within skin cells (which gives skin its elasticity and wrinkle-free appearance), urea actually increases the water-binding capacity of the skin by opening skin layers for hydrogen bonding, which then attracts moisture to dry skin cells.

This is a remarkable fact considering that women spend billions of dollars a year on outrageously expensive skin moisturisers whose ingredients, even in tightly controlled double-blind comparison tests, don't even come close to hydrating dry skin as well as simple, inexpensive urea. So, as surprising as it seems, urine and urea do have an amazing, voluminous history in both traditional and modern medicine.

An article, titled "Autouro- therapy", published in the New York State Journal of Medicine (vol. 80, no. 7, June 1980), written by Dr John R. Herman, Clinical Professor of Urology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, points out the general misconceptions regarding urine and its medical use: "Autouropathy (urine therapy) did flourish in many parts of the world and it continues to flourish today... There is, unknown to most of us, a wide usage of uropathy and a great volume of knowledge available showing the multitudinous advantages of this modality... "Urine is only a derivative of the blood... If the blood should not be considered 'unclean', then the urine also should not be so considered. Normally excreted, urine is a fluid of tremendous variations of composition..."...Actually, the listed constituents of human urine can be carefully checked and no items not found in human diet are found in it. Percentages differ, of course, but urinary constituents are valuable to human metabolism..." Look up urea in a medical dictionary. In Mosby's Medical and Nursing Dictionary, urea is defined not as a useless body waste but as a systemic diuretic and topical skin treatment. It's also prescribed to reduce excess fluid pressure on the brain and eyes.

Uric acid, another ingredient of urine, is normally thought of as an undesirable waste product of the body that causes gout. But even uric acid has recently been found to have tremendous health-promotion and medical implications. Medical researchers at the University of California at Berkeley reported in 1982 that they have discovered that: "Uric acid could be a defence against cancer and ageing. "It also destroys body-damaging chemicals, called free radicals, that are present in food, water and air and are considered to be a cause of cancer and breakdowns in immune function. "Uric acid could be one of the things that enables human beings to live so much longer than other mammals." (O. Davies, "Youthful Uric Acid", Omni magazine, October 1982)

Urine is a critically important body fluid that has fascinated medical science throughout the centuries. Medical scientists study urine with tremendous intent because, unlike the public, they know that it contains innumerable vital body nutrients and thousands of natural elements that control and regulate every function of the body. So, whether we know it or not, urine does have an extremely important and undisputed place in medicine-and not just as a diagnostic tool or as an ingredient of various synthetic drugs.

Your first reaction once you've read the convincing research demonstrating urine's often startling medical uses may be a willingness to use it as long as it's altered enough to make it unrecognisable. Many people might consider a synthetic or chemically altered form of urine-such as urokinase, the blood clot dissolver-as preferable to using it as a natural medicine.

But, there are many reasons for using urine in its natural form rather than as a synthetic drug or extract, not the least of which is the fact that there is no synthetic equivalent for individual urine, and never will be, owing to the tremendous complexity and uniqueness of each person's urine constituents.

Just as nature produces no two people who are exactly the same, there are also no two urine samples in the world that contain exactly the same components. Your own urine contains elements that are specific to your body alone and are medicinally valuable ingredients tailor-made to your own health disorders. How can that be? It is because your urine contains hundreds of elements that are manufactured by your body to deal with your personal, specific health conditions. Your body is constantly producing a huge variety of antibodies, hormones, enzymes and other natural chemicals to regulate and control your body's functions and combat diseases that you may or may not know you have.

Modern research and clinical studies have proven that the thousands of critical body chemicals and nutrients that end up in your individual urine reflect your individual body functions, and, when re-utilised, act as natural vaccines, antibacterial, antiviral, anti-cancer agents, hormone balancers, allergy relievers, etc. (Talk about the perfect preventive care treatment!)

Many doctors have discovered and shown that it's extremely important to use our own natural urine in healing because extracts or synthetic drug forms of urine don't contain all of these individualised elements that address our personal, individual health needs.

Another reason that many doctors have emphasised the use of the natural form of urine is that it does not produce side-effects whereas synthetic drugs and therapies all produce side-effects, many of which are extremely dangerous.

As an example, the urine-extract drug called urokinase, which is used to dissolve dangerous blood clots, can cause serious abnormal bleeding as a side-effect; but natural urine itself, which contains measurable amounts of urokinase, has been used medicinally even in extremely large quantities without causing side-effects.

If you're not familiar with just how pervasive and extreme the risk of chemical drug-taking is, go to the library and look up a copy of The Physician's Desk Reference for Non-prescription Drugs (Medical Economics Data Productions Co., Inc., 1993, 14th ed.). This is the doctor's guide to every prescription and over-the-counter drug on the market, and every one of them is accompanied by a long list of ominous and frightening potential side-effects.

On the other hand, in almost 100 years of laboratory and clinical studies on the use of natural urine and simple urea in medicine, extraordinary results have been obtained, but no toxic or dangerous side-effects to the user have ever been observed or reported by either researchers or patients using the therapy. As we've learned, urea, which is the principal solid ingredient of urine, has been synthesised and medically used with excellent results and with no side-effects. But again, research has shown that whole urine can cure many disorders that urea cannot, because urine contains thousands of therapeutic agents such as important natural antibodies, enzymes and regulating hormones that urea alone does not contain.

Urine therapy not only has dozens of successful research trials supporting it, but also thousands of success stories from people all over the world. As many people today have discovered, conventional medicine held no answers for either their chronic or acute illnesses and health disorders-but urine therapy did.

About the Author: Martha Christy is a nutritional and natural health-care consultant, medical research writer and editor, and author of the international bestseller, Learn to Control Stress with the Stress Test. Her other books include Reconstructing The Real You, Even Good Foods Can Be Bad For You (Personalizing Your Nutrition), Balancing Your Body's pH, Simple Diagnostic Tests You Can Do At Home, and Homeopathy and Your Own Perfect Medicine

Urine Therapy: Your Own Perfect Medicine

"Don't take this therapy lightly. Multiple sclerosis, colitis, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, hepatitis, hyperactivity, pancreatic insufficiency, psoriasis, eczema, diabetes, herpes, mononucleosis, adrenal failure, allergies and so many other ailments have been relieved through use of this therapy. After you overcome your initial gag response (I know I had one), you will realize that something big is going on, and if you are searching for health, this is an area to investigate. There are numerous reports and double blind studies which go back to the turn of the century supporting the efficacy of using urine for health."
Your Own Perfect Medicine by Martha Christy

You may think that when it comes to alternative health therapies - you've heard it all.

But there is one natural therapy you've probably never heard of - even though it's one of the most powerful, most researched and most medically proven natural cures ever discovered.

No matter how hard it may be for you to stomach, the fact is that knowing the truth about this incredible natural substance will be one of the most crucial health facts you'll ever learn. And one of the most remarkable things about this incomparable natural therapy is that the medical community has already been aware of its astounding efficacy for decades, and yet none of us has ever been told about it. Why? Maybe they think it's too controversial. Or maybe, more accurately, there wasn't any monetary reward for telling people what scientists know about one of the most extraordinary natural healing elements in the world.

But no matter why the medical establishment has chosen to keep his invaluable information a secret, it's time that every man, woman and child be told about the only health tool in the world that is always available to everyone and never out of reach - physically or financially. So I want you to sit back, open your mind and get ready to hear the incredible medical facts about human urine - the facts that will change your life.

What You Don't Know Can Hurt You

Every one of us has a right to know that our bodies produce an invaluable source of nourishment and healing that we can utilize to heal ourselves and to maintain our lives and our health in both everyday circumstances and in emergencies and life-threatening situations.
Two news articles from the past that recently came across my desk vividly illustrate the absolutely tragic consequences of the public's lack of information and our completely unfounded misconceptions regarding our bodies' own perfect medicine:

Tom Brokaw, NBC Nightly News, October 16, 1992:
"In Egypt, rescue workers found a 37-year-old man alive in earthquake rubble. He survived almost 82 hours by drinking his own urine. His wife, daughter and mother would not and they died."

Associated Press, July, 1985:
I don't think there's any question that these women and the child would not have died had they simply been aware of the truth that not only would their own urine not harm them, but would, in fact, have provided a power-packed combination of liquid nutrients and critical immune factors that would have sustained them in good health until help arrived.
The Medical Proof For almost the entire course of the 20th century, unknown to the public, doctors and medical researchers have been proving in both laboratory and clinical testing that our own urine is an enormous source of vital nutrients, vitamins, hormones, enzymes and critical antibodies that cannot be duplicated or derived from any other source. They use urine for healing cancer, heart disease, allergies, auto-immune diseases, diabetes, asthma, infertility, infections, wounds and on and on -- yet we're taught that urine is a toxic waste product. This discrepancy between the medical truth and the public information regarding urine is ludicrous and, as the news releases you've just read demonstrate, can mean the difference between life and death to you and to your loved ones.

When I contracted a crippling, incurable disease early in life, I used every available conventional medical and alternative healing method over the course of many years without success. When an acquaintance suggested I try "urine therapy" I though she'd lost her mind, but with no options left, I swallowed my prejudice and decided to give it a go. To my own (and everyone else's) amazement, my healing was so rapid and so profound with urine therapy that no question remained in my mind that someone in the medical community had to know more than they were telling about this incredible body substance. And as a matter of fact, they did know more - a lot more.

After many months of haunting university libraries, scanning countless microfiche files and poring over piles of medical journals, I had amassed a small mountain of astounding research studies, findings and files on the use of urine in medicine and healing, I discovered, among numerous other things, that urine, far from being a toxic body waste, was actually a purified derivative of the blood made by the kidneys which contains, not body wastes, but rather an incredible array of critically important nutrients, enzymes, hormones, natural antibodies and immune defense agents.

At the end of it all, as I sat tiredly in my chair eyeing the stacks of research papers covering my desk, I realized that the medical community had pulled off one of the biggest hoodwinks in history. Take for instance the doctor who reported that "urine acts as an excellent and safe natural vaccine and has been shown to cure a wide variety of disorders including hepatitis, whooping-cough, asthma, hay fever, hives, migraines, intestinal dysfunctions, etc. It is completely safe and causes no side effects." (J. Plesch, M.D., The Medical Press, 1947); or the oncologist who reported that "a patient with intractable ovarian cancer was treated with Human Urine Derivative and is now completely well and enjoying the rest of her life." (Dr. M. Soeda, University of Tokyo, 1968). These remarkable findings were published in medical journals - but did you ever hear about them?

And what about the immunologist who, after extensive clinical and laboratory research stated: "It was rapidly appreciated that undiluted urine administered orally was therapeutically effective for Immune Therapy and was initiated when it became obvious that an allergic condition had become uncontrollable." (Dr. C.W. Wilson, 1983, Law Hospital, Scotland). Or the Harvard medical researchers who discovered that active "antibodies to cholera, typhoid, diphtheria, pneumonia, polio, leptospira and salmonella have been found in the unconcentrated urine of infected individuals." (Lerner, Remington and Finland, Harvard Medical School, 1962). What abut the Scandinavian researcher who, in 1951, conclusively proved that human urine can completely destroy tuberculosis? It's a deadly disease, and is now resistant to antibiotics. Isn't it time someone told us that our own urine is medically proven to be anti-tubercule?

Then there's the research into wounds and burns using urea (the primary solid component of urine). As only one research study among many reported: "In America, urea has been used for the treatment of various infected wounds and it has been found to be extremely efficient...even the deepest wound can be treated effectively.... Urea treatment has been successful where other treatments have failed. For external staph infections we found urea preferable to any other dressing...there are no contra-indications to its use." (Dr. L. Muldavis, 1938, Royal Free Hospital, London).

Now these medical reports are only a few of the more than 50 research studies I compiled and published in the book Your Own Perfect Medicine, but they certainly give an indication of the importance of what we've never been told about urine by the medical community. As far back as 1954, the Journal of the American Medical Association (July issue) reported that "More scientific papers have probably been published on urine than on any other organic compound." Another publication revealed that "more than 1,000 technical and scientific papers, related only to low molecular weight substances in urine, appeared in medical and scientific literature in one single year." All this fuss about a substance that we're told is nothing more than a body waste?

I think one of the most interesting pieces of information on urine I came across was the fact that the amniotic fluid that surrounds human infants in the womb is primarily urine. Actually, the infant "breathes in" urine-filled amniotic fluid continually, and without this fluid, the lungs don't develop. Doctors also believe that the softness of baby skin and the ability of in-utero infants to heal quickly without scarring after pre-birth surgery is due to the therapeutic properties of the urine-filled amniotic fluid.
Reports on the extraordinary external benefits of urine abound as well. Medical studies relate remarkable cases of stubborn or "incurable" chronic, severe eczema that miraculously disappear with urine therapy. Because urine is both anti-viral and anti-bacterial, it's ideal for treating cuts, wounds and abrasions of all kinds. Acne, rashes, athlete's foot and fungal skin problems respond dramatically to urine soaks and compresses as well. (You'll find complete instructions for using urine therapy internally and externally in Your Own Perfect Medicine.)
For home use or emergency treatment care for wounds, poisonous bites or stings, and even broken bones, urine is an incomparable, proven natural healing agent that provides instantaneous therapeutic benefits under any circumstances.
For years, people have said to me, "Well, I have heard of people surviving by ingesting their own urine, but I thought it was just a myth." Myth it isn't. Medical fact it is. As Dr. John R. Herman remarked in his article which appeared in the New York State Journal of Medicine in June, 1980: "Auto-uropathy (urine therapy) did flourish in many parts of the world and continues to flourish today....there is unknown to most of us, a wide usage of uropathy and a great volume of knowledge available showing the multitudinous advantages of this modality. Actually, the listed constituents of human urine can be carefully checked and no items not found in human diet are found in it. Percentages differ, but urinary constituents are valuable to human metabolism."

Your Body's Own Super-Nutrition Therapy In 1975, one of the founders of Miles Laboratories, Dr. A.H. Free, published his book Urinalysis in Clinical Laboratory Practice, in which he remarked that not only is urine a sterile body compound (purer than distilled water), but that "it is now recognized that urine contains thousands of compounds, and as new, more sensitive analytical tools evolve, it is quite certain that new constituents of urine will be recognized." Among the urine constituents mentioned in Dr. Free's revealing treatise is a list of nutrients that will knock your socks off. As Dr. Free comments, the ingredients listed below are only a few critical nutrients found in urine:

Alanine, total ..... 38 mg/day
Arginine, total ..... 32 mg/day
Ascorbic acid ..... 30 mg/day
Allantoin ..... 12 mg/day
Amino acids, total ..... 2.1 g/day
Bicarbonate ..... 140 mg/day
Biotin ..... 35 mg/day
Calcium ..... 23 mg/day
Creatinine ..... 1.4 mg/day
Cystine ..... 120 mg/day
Dopamine ..... 0.40 mg/day
Epinephrine ..... 0.01 mg/day
Folic acid ..... 4 mg/day
Glucose ..... 100 mg/day
Glutamic acid ..... 308 mg/day
Glycine ..... 455 mg/day
Inositol ..... 14 mg/day
Iodine ..... 0.25 mg/day
Iron ..... 0.5 mg/day
Lysine, total ..... 56 mg/day
Magnesium ..... 100 mg/day
Manganese ..... 0.5 mg/day
Methionine, total ..... 10 mg/day
Nitrogen, total ..... 15 g/day
Ornithine ..... 10 mg/day
Pantothenic acid ..... 3 mg/day
Phenylalanine ..... 21 mg/day
Phosphorus, organic ..... 9 mg/day
Potassium ..... 2.5 mg/day
Proteins, total ..... 5 mg/day
Riboflavin ..... 0.9 mg/day
Tryptophan, total ..... 28 mg/day
Tyrosine, total ..... 50 mg/day
Urea ..... 24.5 mg/day
Vitamin B6 ..... 100 mg/day
Vitamin B12 ..... 0.03 mg/day
Zinc ..... 1.4 mg/day

As you read over this extraordinary list of nutritional elements, you can begin to understand why the stories you may have heard of people surviving on their own urine are true. But what about other elements in urine that you've heard about?

Clearing Up the Misconceptions If you asked a person on the street what uric acid is, he or she would invariably answer that it's a toxic body waste. No so, say medical researchers at the University of California at Berkeley who in 1982 reported they had discovered that "uric acid destroys body-damaging, cancer-causing free radicals and is considered to be one of the physiological factors that enable human beings to live so much longer than other mammals."

But what about urea? Urea is in urine and isn't that the toxic stuff that causes uremic poisoning? Actually, medical researchers discovered many decades ago that urea, far from being a toxic body waste, is an incredibly versatile, far-reaching and effective medicinal agent. In numerous medical studies, it was shown that urea is one of the most potent non-toxic virucidal agents ever discovered. In one particular study, the rabies and polio virus [sic] were killed so quickly and efficiently by concentrated urea, that even the laconic researchers themselves were surprised: "Urea is such a relatively inactive substance and certainly not a protoplasmic poison such as are most virucidal agents, that it is in a way surprising that rabies and poliomyelitis are killed so easily by urea solutions" (McKay and Schroeder, Society of Experimental Biology, 1936).

In reality, Urea is an FDA-approved medicinal agent that doctors and researchers utilize in an amazing variety of therapeutic modalities. Because of its remarkable and comprehensive anti-neoplastic (anti-tumor) properties, it's presently being used in anti-cancer drugs and is extensively studied for use in cancer treatments. The urea compound drug, glicazide, is used successfully by the medical establishment in treating both insulin-dependent and non-insulin-dependent diabetics.
As a natural diuretic, urea is unparalleled, and is a proven and accepted treatment in cases of edema or swelling such as excess cerebral and spinal pressure, glaucoma, epilepsy, meningitis, even premenstrual edema and many other disorders in which excess fluid is a problem. As one American neurosurgeon reported regarding a patient who nearly died form complications following brain surgery: "Urea was administered intravenously as an emergency measure. Within 20 minutes from the start of injection, her blood pressure had returned to normal....from this time on her recovery was uneventful. In this case, urea was definitely life-saving, because prior to its administration, the patient's survival was unlikely. In many similar instances urea was found to be life-saving" (Dr. M. Javid, University of Wisconsin).

The Physiological Answer to a Therapeutic Mystery The medical findings on urine and urine constituents are overwhelming, and yet it's difficult for most people to understand why our bodies excrete elements that are so obviously valuable to human health and well-being.

The commonly-asked question, "If your urine is so good for you, why does your body excrete it?" is best answered by looking into how our kidneys function. As your blood moves through the circulatory system, it flows through the kidneys at a rate of about 1200 ml of blood per minute. Inside the kidneys, the blood is continuously filtered through a huge system of minute tubules called nephron which sift out excess water, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, salts, and hundreds of other elements including vital antibodies, urea and uric acid.

A large portion of these key physiological elements are reabsorbed into the bloodstream, but a certain amount of critical blood constituents are pooled by the kidney into a liquid which doctors refer to as a "plasma ultrafiltrate" (we call it urine). Much of this sterile, nutrient filled ultrafiltrate, or urine, is reabsorbed and some remains in the kidney for a period of time and is eventually released into a tube called the urethra which empties the urine into the bladder where it is finally excreted. Now you're probably wondering why the body excretes valuable nutrients, water, hormones, enzymes, etc. that are critical to body functioning. Doesn't it make more sense to retain these elements? If urine is a collection of such life-sustaining elements, why does the body get rid of it?

The answer is that the kidneys excrete a portion of urine as a way of removing certain key elements in your blood that are simply not needed at a specific point in time. For instance, you've just been out jogging. You come home and have one or two big glasses of water to drink. Now at this point you've probably taken in more water than your body actually needs. But not to worry -- your kidneys will balance the amount of water delivered into your bloodstream by your copious water drinking and through the urine will excrete whatever amount of water from the blood that isn't needed at the time.

Now water is certainly a life-sustaining element the body cannot do without. So why is it excreted from the body? The answer is obvious. There are times when there's too much water in your system and it needs to be excreted.

It's a physiological fact that in order for us to function normally, the amounts or concentrations of every element in our blood must be carefully and strictly controlled and this is done by the kidneys. Too much water in the blood is fatal. Too much salt in the blood is deadly. As wonderful a nutrient as vitamin C is, too high a concentration of it or any nutrient could kill you. This is why the kidneys excrete valuable elements from the body -- too much of any good thing isn't good for your health.
The same is true of urea. People who have heard of uremic poisoning are surprised when they read the medical research showing urea to be a widely-used, FDA-approved medicine. But just like any other element in the blood, urea only becomes dangerous to the body when the kidneys are damaged or diseased and can't properly balance the amount of urea (and all other substances) in the bloodstream.

Your kidneys aren't doing damage to your body by getting rid of particular excess nutrients, they're just simply excreting the precise amount not presently needed by your body at a given time. And the same goes for practically every nutrient, enzyme, hormone, antibody, etc. that are critical to your survival -- the kidneys keep what your body needs at a certain time, and excretes what it isn't momentarily using into your urine. And as medical scientists and doctors have discovered, these urinary ingredients extracted from the blood can be therapeutic magic bullets.

A Billion Dollar Industry Despite what the public has been led to believe about urine, pharmaceutical companies have grossed billions of dollars from the sale of drugs made from urine constituents. Pergonal, a fertility drug made from human urine, earned a reported $855 million in sales in 1992, and sales ($1400 a month per patient) have increased yearly. Urokinase, a urine ingredient, is used in drug form and sold as a "miracle blood clot dissolver" for unblocking coronary arteries. Urea, medically proven to be one of the best moisturizers in the world has been a boon to cosmetic companies who package it in expensive, glamorized creams and lotions. Ever used Murine ear drops? They're made from carbamide -- another name for synthetic urea.

When you look at the real facts, the tragedy of the general disinformation campaign on urine is surpassed only by the irony of our unwitting, and often incredibly expensive purchases of what we all mistakenly but firmly believe to be our bodies' "useless" and "offensive" waste-product, urine.
New Acceptance for a Misunderstood Therapy Because of the nearly all-pervasive public misunderstanding about what urine is and how it can be of immense medical benefit to us, the often amazing anecdotal stories of healing and survival via urine have been routinely ignored, ridiculed or have been written off as "old wives' tales." But when people learn the real facts, these stories take on a significance that not even doctors are now willing to ignore.

Since the first release of Your Own Perfect Medicine, rather than the doubt and derision I expected to encounter, I was amazed at the tens of thousands of people who have willingly accepted the information in the book. Many people (including doctors) have come forward to tell me about their own experiences or about news stories they've read that tell about using urine medicinally and in survival situations:

Dr. David G. Williams, Alternative Newsletter, August, 1994:
"Several months ago I watched the movie Alive. It's the true story of a South American soccer team whose airplane crashed in snow-capped mountains in the dead of winter. The team was stranded for a couple months and survived only by eating the flesh of those who had died either during the crash or later from injuries. A portion of the movie focused on two individuals whose initial wounds progressed into serious infections.
Knowing no way to treat these two, the survivors could only attempt to comfort them. Eventually the infection led to death. Watching the intense suffering of these people made me wonder if there was more that could have been done to save them. I now feel it's very possible that these two people, and thousands of others around the world would still be alive if they had been aware of the therapeutic effects of urine.

With urine therapy, you get all the benefits of urea plus the additional antibodies, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, hormones and more."

Dr. William Hitt, Clinica Hitt, Mexico
January, 1995
"Experience has shown that intramuscular injections of urine are the best methods for handling a myriad of immunological illnesses including psoriasis, basal call carcinoma, asthma and many other disorders."
Reuter Report

August 14, 1990
"Four Sri Lankan commandos who drifted in a boat more than 1,000 miles to Thailand after they had been ambushed and given up for dead were given a rapturous welcome when they returned home. 'They managed to survive on the boat by catching turtles and drinking urine,' a military officer said."

Kyodo News Service, Tokyo
July 30, 1990
"A male cook was pulled out of the rubble of the Hyatt Hotel early Monday morning, 14 days after a powerful earthquake devastated the northern Philippines, officials said. Dry, with only minor bruises on his body, he told reporters he survived by drinking his own urine."
At a time when new viruses and bacteria are outwitting even the best efforts of space-age medicine, and increasingly frequent natural disasters put basic necessities out of reach, the facts about the one medical and survival tool that the FDA can't regulate and that's always there when you need it most, may well become the greatest survival lesson any of us will ever learn.

The author of this article, Martha Christy, is a medical research writer, natural health consultant and author of Your Own Perfect Medicine, as well as several other books on natural healing. Your Own Perfect Medicine is available for $23.90 from FutureMed, Inc., Box 13837, Scottsdale, AZ 85265, or call 1-800-800-8849.