There aren’t too many issues where we don’t take sides – sporting events, politics, religion, “Beatles vs. Elvis.” The list goes on and on.

The problem, as I see it, is not passionately lining up on the “For” side of an issue; the thing that doesn’t work well is being against something.

How many things are we at war with and losing? – Drugs, poverty, terror, etc.

Being for something does not necessarily dictate that we’re against its opponent. We’ve just been conditioned that way, and that way is not working.

It may seem like semantics, but if you try it on for size with your feeling sense, you’ll know that “For” has a different energy than “Against.”

“Against” will tense you up while “For” will free your energy to work towards your goal.

How many times have you heard, “How goes the battle?” That suggests that you are battling against something, rather than putting your efforts into being for something.

I think we can all agree that disease is not anything we’re for, but to be against it misdirects our healing energy. It seems the patients that heal quickest are the ones who are for recovery and not against the affliction.

In psychology, there is an approach that has an abysmal failure rate. It’s called “Aversion Therapy.” It puts the accent on the negative. They have you associate negative things to the behavior you want to outgrow. For example, for weight loss, they ask you to make an association that junk food or dessert will taste like garbage. The results are temporary. The objective is to make you against junk food. Most dieting is predicated on the “against” principle – foods you’re not for. You only have to ask yourself one question: “How’s that working for me?”

Against contains conflict. The conflict is: You are for something, while at the same time, being against something. Your focus is scattered and your results get watered down.

“For” has no conflict. Its sole message frees you to move in one direction – Forward.

Hatred is against something. You can’t hate your way to peace. It’s just as accurate to point out that you can’t hate your body and have lasting results with weight loss.

Take a moment and monitor what you’re against. Then make a shift in your angle of approach and see what you can be for instead.

You’ll find it’s no accident that the word “Forward” contains “For.”

All the best,

John

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