Call For Help

Posted by on April 3, 2012 in Belief systems, Get Off the Sidelines, Ken's Blogs, Love versus Fear

Call For Help

Do you ever ask for help? Or have you been conditioned to think that asking for help is a sign of weakness? Do you find yourself thinking “I can do it myself” a lot?

Guilty! I catch myself doing that all the time. And in the next breath I find myself telling other people that we’re all in this together and we can accomplish so much more by working together. Wtf? If I tell others that it’s okay to ask for help, then why don’t I ask for help? And if you’re not the type to ask for help, might I suggest that you do so now. Will you?

I have a recurring thought going on in my head right now. It seems like there is way too much dis-ease and suffering going on in our communities and in the world. And with that is coming a very great strain on the health care systems around the world. The systems are broken and unsustainable at current rates. News flash! I think we can fix it. … What? Seriously?

I really do. I actually think the solution is right in front of our eyes. But I need help. This is my call for help, an unapologetic reach out to whoever cares to listen. We often hear the phrase that “it takes a community to raise a child”, well I want to be part of a community. I want to be part of a vibrant, healthy community. Like each member in a community, I will have lots to contribute, and I will receive lots of support from others. We will all be connected in that community, all committed to helping each other in the interests of the greater good for all. We’ll all ask for help when we need it, and give help to others when they need it.

In 2008, life was grand for me. Great family, great friends, money in the bank. Couldn’t get much better. Then I woke up one morning and couldn’t walk to the bathroom. I had a dis-ease. There was no longer a “life of ease” (that’s why I always write the word dis-ease with a hyphen). I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. I didn’t realize it at the time but this was a huge wake-up call for me. And believe it or not, I often tell people that this was a blessing in disguise. But I’d like to help people “wake up” themselves before they’re given a wake up call.

Since then, I’ve been on an amazing journey. I’ve been in and out of the health care system. I’ve learned some of the trade-offs that are made when each person has to make decisions on their own quality of life. Since I have been diagnosed, I have been inspired by so many people. Dr. Lissa Rankin (owningpink.com), Tom Shadyac (I loved the film “I Am” and mention it regularly), Louise Hay, I could go on and on. These people are making a difference. They are also creating vibrant, healthy communities. I’ve already joined their communities.

Can you see yourself as part of a vibrant, healthy community? Would you like to wake up before you get a wake up call?

One of my fundamental beliefs is that our bodies are capable of healing themselves. When the body starts to become stressed, it gives us messages through aches and pains, twitches, etc. If we listen and respond in kind, the symptoms go away. If we ignore the signs, they worsen and develop further, and if we ignore them long enough, some form of dis-ease will set in. But there are hundreds of stories of spontaneous healing, “miracles” if you will. Our bodies (the mind – body – spirit connection) are truly amazing works of nature. When we set them up in an environment of healing, there is a high success rate of healing.

I also believe that a lot of our problem lies in our subconscious thinking. We have been conditioned to believe that we’re not good enough, we judge ourselves harshly, we have a habit of fearing change, we must live in competition with each other and not in co-operation, we always need more, we live our lives as we think others want to see us as opposed to how we want to live it. And in the end, many people pass over with a series of regrets, wishing they had taken time to smell the roses and attempted something that they just never got around to. A very good friend of mine has started a program based on living life as if you only had 365 days to live. “Live your best life now”. I believe that as we take steps to kick our fears and worries to the curb, we have the opportunity to live our best lives. Once these fears and worries are gone, we have to be less stressed and a lot happier and I actually believe that our bodies will respond (there’s science behind this :-), it’s true).

I have been writing blogs for the past several months, encouraging people to look inside themselves and realize that they are actually quite beautiful. I encourage them to shine a light on their fears, and illuminate their own magnificence. My motto is “Enlighten . Empower . Change”.

[Enlighten] – shine a light on your limiting beliefs, illuminate your magnificence

[Empower] – find your Inner Child, don’t be afraid to think your dreams are achievable

[Change] – STEP into your greatness, be all that you can be, live your best life

I believe that the solution to the health care crisis is to have people stop getting sick. And when we do feel unwell, set up the body with an environment for healing. That’s the vibrant, healthy community I want to be part of. We are all connected, we are all in this together. Would you like to be part of that community?

I may have had health issues, abandonment issues, self-worth issues of my own, but I’ve joined a community and I no longer fear taking the next step. I also know that if only one person reads this and it makes a difference for them, then I’ll have made a difference.

Are you #MakingADifference?

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead

Get involved. Get out of your own way. STEP into your own greatness. Live your best life now. Join a community and make a difference. Make your voice heard. Here’s the link to join ours,  join now.

If you want to make a difference, please share by e-mail, twitter or FaceBook.

Namaste, Ken

Written by Ken

Ken Jaques describes himself as a Health Care Evolutionary, Community Builder, and Speaker. True healing begins when we treat root causes instead of just masking symptoms. Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in 2008, Ken has experienced many facets of the health care system. As “the only patient who ever lost their hair on this low of a dosage of chemotherapy” – as spoken by his rheumatologist – Ken has been on an amazing journal of self-discovery, a journey of true healing. In his blog, Ken shares stories of how his beliefs have changed over the past few years, and how they are still changing. Is it possible that our bodies can heal themselves? Do we really have to live without hope after we receive a chronic illness diagnosis? These are the types of questions that Ken encourages people to ask themselves as they embark on their own physical or emotional healing journey.

Ken is creating a platform to connect People, Patients, Practitioners, Partners and Promoters, enabling a collaborative effort to help shift the focus on health from I-llness to We-llness. Check out the pilot at www.myHealthyCommunity.ca.

“When ‘I’ is replaced with ‘we’, even I-llness becomes WE-llness” ~ Malcolm X

6 Comments

  1. Ken,

    Thank you for another great article!  Your blog is fabulous and I am so glad it exists and that you made it happen!  I am glad your health and other issues are taken care of.

    You speak the truth about everything.  Yet, it seems life will always be this way, though, unfortunately because we are members of society.  Don Miguel Ruiz says that the human race is one with wounds from all the crap we grew up with and take in each day of this life, which could be a blast yet it is full of anguish and other people’s negativity, which lower our vibration.  So, in essence, we lead society’s life- we do what is expected of us, like it or not, and suppress what we truly feel, even if it is to sing and laugh, which is what we should be doing, but people frown upon this.  What I see around me is people living a zombie-like existence, even calling their boss God, which is a very big mistake and that is where the problem lies.  The yogi master said to live your own life and not be a slave to a boss.

    Also, we make such a big deal out of everything.  This stems from the media and how they over-hype topics of concern, making them seem like everything is a big deal, yet it is not.  One of these topics is education- the next bubble to burst.  You need to spill blood to get educated, yet it is not a requirement to make a good living, and it is a waste of money, since it is so expensive and so few end up completing what they started in the first place.
     
    We need to transcend, yet with all these new souls around, they would not even understand that concept.  You speak of the few; well, here we are.
     

  2. Thank you so much for the comments. They are very astute. I really look forward to your replies, because they are so well thought out.

    Have you seen the movie “I AM” by Tom Shadyac? It’s a great one. In it he talks about how a swarm of birds will move from one watering hole to another after 51% of the birds decide to move. After that, they all go. The premise that I and many others believe is that we need to do whatever we can to get people to realize that they can be part of the solution, we don’t have to continue to live in states of discomfort, dis-ease, fear, etc. Once the movement starts, it grows, slowly at first but then gaining rapid momentum until we hit the 51%. That’s why I think we all have a part to play, and this is the part I’ve been playing so far. We can change things, one person at a time, we can make a difference, that’s what I believe.

    And you are part of this community, and have been for a while. As soon as you started responding to my blogs, you just knew you wanted to see change. And the more you get involved, the more results you’ll see. Please, please, please keep responding and sharing any thoughts that come to mind, I love it.

  3. Great post. Very inspiring. I have a similar mission for myself as well to help others beand myself become healthy again.

    • Thanks Emily, let me join your fan club. I know we can do this.

  4. Great blog, really enjoyed reading!

    • Thanks Ashley!

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