The second day of February is commonly known as Groundhog Day, brought into popular culture even more so by the film (1993) by that same name. The story was set in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, known for holding the largest Groundhog Day celebration. The legend of Groundhog Day says when it is sunny the groundhog “sees its shadow” and goes back into its burrow, warning that we will experience six more weeks of winter. If it is cloudy, we will have an early spring.
Sunny or cloudy emotions really make a big difference in our lives, too. If you crawl out of your “burrow” and recognize that you need an emotional or mental change of season, you might appreciate these principles of Attitudinal Healing.
- The essence of our being is love.
- Health is inner peace, healing is letting go of fear.
- Giving and receiving are the same.
- We can let go of the past and of the future.
- Now is the only time there is, and each instant is for giving.
- We can learn to love ourselves and others by forgiving rather than by judging.
- We can become love finders rather than fault finders.
- We can choose and direct ourselves to be peaceful inside, regardless of what is happening outside.
- We are students and teachers to each other.
- We can focus on the whole of life, rather than the fragments.
- Since love is eternal, change need not be viewed as fearful.
- We can always perceive others as either extending love or giving a call for help.
Attitudinal Healing fits nicely with SCS/NLP because it recognizes that our internals create stress in our lives. Our thoughts, feelings, and attitudes are generated by the sounds and images in our heads, and the sensations in our bodies. The idea of letting go of fear and negative, hurtful thoughts from the past in Attitudinal Healing is a form of “time line therapy” so, whatever the weather on February 2, 2013, we can all be grateful it is never too late to have a happy childhood, and there is always time to live happily ever after.