Swine Flu...and the Law of Attraction

If you haven't been vacationing on a remote, sun-swept island sipping drinks with little umbrellas, you know that swine flu is the top news story of the week.

And, if you listen carefully, you'll hear a full-blown panic setting in. If you're at all familiar with the Law of Attraction, you know that panic forms its own intention.

Must we panic? Or is a more restrained, calm approach possible?

Look at the facts:

• no-one yet knows how deadly, or how mild, this particular strain might be
• there are not close to enough confirmed cases to call it a pandemic
  
• the current flu vaccine is INEFFECTIVE against this strain of virus (actually, it's ineffective against the very flu strains it's designed to protect you from)
• hand sanitizers are ANTI-BACTERIAL and won't help protect you from a VIRUS
  

Look at some simple steps that can prevent you from getting the flu:

• wash your hands frequently with hot, soapy water (and brush those nails while you're at it)
  
• cough or sneeze into your sleeve to prevent the spread of germs (sleeve...not hands that then can spread germs by touch)
• stay out of crowds (it may not be the best weekend for the mall or a movie)
  
• keep your immune system functioning at a high level (more on that tomorrow)
  

Now, lets look at what creates the panic:

• the news media sensationalizing the story (think tabloid, without the Martians)
  
• our own willingness to allow the sensationalized story the media creates to become our sensationalized story (do we enjoy the feel of adrenaline rushing through our veins?)
  

And who benefits from the story:

• the news media plowing every inch of sensationalized story earth to come up with the tiniest pandemic seed
• hmm, maybe the pharmaceutical companies? are their eyes blinking dollar signs?
• and, hmm, pharmacies whose stock shot up in the past few days?

The Law of Attraction states that what we think about comes about.

So, if we think pandemic, panic, imminent catastrophe, do you think maybe we're attracting that outcome?

And, if we think calm, patience, awareness, intention, do you think maybe we could attract a different outcome?

Just planting a seed...gestate it how you will.

Blessings,

Judy