If you read my article about predicting the future you´ll realize what impressed me the most in my work. Everyone has their own personal experiences, some positive and some negative, but all specific to the individual. Whatever happens to someone keeps on happening to that person over and over again...

The woman that, no matter where she works, ends up with a guy who harasses her. The guy that gets laid off every 2 years no matter what. The guy who ends up in jobs with abusive female bosses. The guy who due to illness or an accident skips work one month per year and ends up jobless.  My friend who gets robbed every 3 months and my other friend who has very bad luck with guys but extremely good luck with money.

Do you have a particular situation that may be strange, unfortunate, or even funny that only happens to you?  What about people you know?
Do you know someone that has strange things happening to him? Over and over again?

Like…
Someone who always arrives late no matter what
Someone who breaks a bone just before traveling
Someone who gets asthma everytime his mother-in-law comes to visit?

My grandmother used to get very VERY sick every time my parents traveled. Actually she always got sick before their left for their trip. Real illnesses, real infections, real fevers. Those incidents made my parents cancel everything for her. Until one day, when my mom was totally fed up and called her to announce that they were going to Europe and that she didn´t plan to cancel despite her multiple illnesses. She told her that if she was not feeling well, to call this phone number.  They´d take care of everything for her.
What´s that phone number? – my grandma asked.

The funeral home (at least my mom chose a prestigious funeral home, which is kind of nice).
That was the last time my grandma fell ill when my parents were travelling.

Why do people or families follow patterns?
Because our beliefs rule our life and not the other way around.  Please, tattoo this on your arm, print it on your forehead.  
Our beliefs rule our life, and not the other way around.

How do we change our beliefs? By changing our statements (either mental or verbal).

I did not say by changing how you feel, it is very hard to change how you feel.  Because the source of our feelings is our thoughts.

One thought creates a feeling, so the easiest thing to change is a thought. The feeling is going to come by itself; you will not have to worry about it.

I mentioned the word statement before. What is a statement? A statement is a declaration or remark.  

These statements, sooner or later, will become part of our reality.
There are all kinds of statements:

Neutral statement:
Today is hot.
The school is 5 blocks away from here.
I like chocolate cake.
These kind of statements are usually harmless.

There are negative statements as well:
Everything that I eat makes me fat.
All the women are crybabies.
My poor son is really slow in school.
Numbers are not my thing.
My family and I are very prone to getting sick.
We´ve always been poor but very decent.

There are also, very very dangerous statements:
My loved ones are the ones that die first.
I am always so alone.
I think I will die of cancer.
I am terrified that something will happen to my children.
The end of the world is coming soon.
And the most scary part is that I've heard them from people who truly believe them.

But there are also positive statements:
I always learn very easily.
My daughter is so charismatic.
My son is a real leader.
I´m surrounded by good people.
I am as healthy as I can be.
Love comes easily to my life.
I have very good luck.

One person might say it is so hard to lose weight, whereas for someone else it might be very hard to gain weight.  For one person guys are wonderful creatures, for another, guys are abusive. I can go on and on. The reason for these differences is that each of us learned different information that created unique patterns of behavior.

I want to encourage you to analyze your life, to keep track of your thoughts, and be aware of what may need to be changed. It's just a matter of self-awareness and discipline.