There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
We come into this world as wonderful, loving and precious beings who look at the world with eyes of love, wonder and purity. As we grow older and as we progress through life, things start to change and we begin to adopt all sorts of beliefs, fears, excuses and limitations that move us further and further away from our loving soul and lovable Self.
In his book, The Honeymoon Effect, Bruce Lipton explains how the foundation of our personality is being formed right from the moment of our conception, “The fetus, for example, absorbs cortisol and other stress hormones if the mother is chronically anxious. If the child is unwanted for any reason, the fetus is bathed in the chemicals of rejection. If the mother is wildly in love with her baby and her partner, the fetus is bathed in the love potions. If the mother is furious with the father, who has abandoned her during the pregnancy, the fetus is bathed in the chemicals of anger.”
The child’s personality and perception of the world is determined by the prenatal environment. Based on the perceptions of the mother during pregnancy, the child will perceive the world as either a loving or a fearful place. Parents have a huge influence over their children, playing a major role in how their personality is shaped and how they will later on perceive the world around them. None of us can remember what happened in those first nine months, nor can we remember many of the things that happened in the first years of our lives, but that doesn’t mean those things didn’t happen. That doesn’t mean they didn’t had a huge impact in how our lives were shaped and how we lived our lives up until this moment.
