Have you ever looked inside an acorn? Is there a small tree in it, a miniature version? No...there is just a seed. It looks nothing like a tree at all. Will that seed produce just 1 tree? No...that seed will GROW 1 tree, but then the seeds from THAT tree can grow many trees! Will that seed produce just 1 leaf? No...that seed will produce thousands of leaves over the course of its lifetime! PLANT SEEDS EVERYDAY, the seeds of chiropractic!

Chiropractic reconnects the disconnected kids. We allow their brains and their bodies to work together, in harmony, which manifests as a feeling. Children improve their eye contact, socialization, communication, because their brains are blazing new pathways where they didn't exist before. Chiropractic is so much more than just 'moving bones.' It's about the feeling you get when you first see that youngster, maybe at their worst, and then watch them as they blossom.

"Life is difficult" are the opening lines to the book, The Road Less Traveled. Dr Peck goes on to say that once you truly accept the idea that life is difficult, "then life is no longer difficult." This is one of the 'great truths' as he calls it, and can be helpful in realizing that we have a big job to do, and when called to do it, must endeavor to continually aim towards our mission, our purpose, our vision.

DD Palmer was way ahead of his time. In his 1914 book, The Chiropractor, published by his wife after his passing, he coins the phrase : Neuroskeleton. This is so much like the concepts brought out by recent authors like Thomas Myers in his Anatomy Trains and Guimberteau's Architecture of Human Living Fascia. We are WAY more connected than what most anatomy textbooks discuss.

Physics claims that there are 4 basic forces: Gravity, electromagnetic, weak and strong force. I'd like to propose a 5th force: the Life force! What is the difference if you cut a piece of meat or cut your finger? The finger heals; the meat doesn't! How? The Life force! That might be the strongest force in all of physics!

Contrast the Mona Lisa, arguably the most famous painting in the world, with Jackson Pollock's Convergence, (the infamous drip artist from the 1950's). What do they have to do with chiropractic? The patient comes in with whatever problems THEY tell you are their concerns. Their chief complaint may be clear and obvious, like the Mona Lisa, but the real reason they came in is more like the Pollock painting...there are lots of possibilities to find the TRUE reason they are there!

When you think of Picasso, you may think of weird looking paintings with distorted faces and misshaped landscapes. Picasso's gift was seeing multiple perspectives at once, of seeing all the emotions that a person is portraying and putting them on the canvas AT THE SAME TIME. The reason a patient comes to our offices is not THE REASON, it is the last thing that brought them there. Why they are really there is the perspective you need to figure out. Be like Picasso! Be an artist with your patients.

Can you grow under adverse conditions? Do you have the faith, confidence and belief that you can make it, no matter what? "You must work harder on yourself than you do on your job," (Jim Rohn). If a flower can grow in the middle of cement, if grass can split asphalt and thrive in the middle of the road, then so can achieve your goals and dreams!

Can you see past the obvious? Can you read between the lines, and really understand what is being said, without it being said? That is the key to successful communication. Often patients will tell you the reason why they are there, but that is not the REAL reason. It's just the first thing they are thinking of. It takes skill to sift through and get to the root cause. Check out the triangle article here: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/math/a30706968/viral-triangle-brain-teaser-solved/

Have you seen Comet Neowise? It is a magnificent display of universal intelligence in action. It has all this potential as it approaches the earth, but can hardly be detected. Then that potential energy turns into kinetic energy as it lights up while bouncing on the earth's atmosphere. Just like our health...all this potential but it has to interact with lots of health deposits in order to really shine! In the US and Canada it can be seen now in the northern sky 1 hour after sunset. Check out this link from NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/how-to-see-comet-neowise