You Can Heal Your Life!

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" You Can Heal Your Life " Written by Louise L. Hay

" It's been 20 years since I published my book " You Can Heal Your Life " , and no

one is more surprised by that longevity than I am. During this time, You Can

Heal Your Life has been translated into 29 different languages, is available in

more than 35 different countries, and has now sold more than 30 million copies

throughout the world.

" When I first wrote this book, my original dream was to go beyond the students

in my workshops and help as many people as possible to change their lives for

the better. Little did I know how the Universe would fulfill this dream or that

so many people would respond to this book.

" From the moment You Can Heal Your Life was written, it seems that Life has

said, " This book must go out; it must be available worldwide. " I think that its

success is due to the fact that I have the ability to help people change and

learn to love themselves without laying guilt on them. I also believe that the

simplicity of the message helps it successfully resonate with many different

cultures.

" At a recent BookExpo America show, I met a man who told me that I'm a

bestselling author in his bookstore in Kathmandu, Nepal. I keep his business

card on my desk as a reminder of the extraordinary connection that I have with

people everywhere. I receive masses of mail (and e-mail) from all over the globe

each month. Many of these letters are from young people who find my message just

as relevant and healing as those who first read it 20 years ago.

" Life goes in cycles. There's a time to do something, and then there's a time

to move on. For the past ten years, I've had the pleasure of spending much of my

time in my garden creating compost and feeding the Earth. Spectacular flowers

and fruits grow in really healthy soil. I've also grown most of the food that

I've eaten. I just moved into a new condominium with a terrace, so now my

gardening will be different, yet I'll still keep my hands in the soil. Painting

has been on my wish list for a long time, and I've dabbled a bit over the years

and taken a few classes.

" A couple of years ago, I came across a wonderful art teacher who accepted me

as her only student. To my amazement, we have similar names! Lynn Hays has

stretched me far beyond what I thought I was capable of painting, and she won't

allow me to paint anything small. I'm doing oils on a large scale these days and

feeling very fulfilled.

" In the early days, there were few people doing the kind of work I was doing,

and I felt the need to be everywhere, teaching constantly. Now, these are so

many good teachers out these that I no longer feel the pressure to PERSONALLY

rescue everyone. I've written more than 20 books and numerous audios and videos,

and my advice columns " Ask Louise " and " Dear Louise " appear in more than 50

different New Age publications (as well as in my own bimonthly newsletter).

There's plenty of material for people to study, so I've cut down my speaking

schedule to almost nothing, and I work behind the scenes now supporting new

authors and talented teachers.

" I'm blessed to have excellent people running my publishing company, Hay

House, for me. Reid , president and CEO; and Ron Tillinghast, vice

president, are both invaluable to me, as is , my personal

assistant. I love all of the people who work in editorial, the art department,

publicity, customer service, marketing, sales, accounting, and the warehouse.

Each of them makes up the wonderful mix of the Hay House family that makes us

all so successful. I believe that we'll continue for a long time to bring our

brand of information to the world, blessing and prospering all those we touch.

" When I wrote You Can Heal Your Life, I decided to self-publish my book, since

I believed that no other company would have published it because its content was

considered so radical then. At that time, there wasn't even a self-help section

in the bookstore -- today, more than half of the NEW YORK TIMES bestsellers are

self-help books! How the consciousness of people has changed! It feels good to

know that I was one of the early pioneers spreading the message that we all do

have the ability to improve the quality of our lives.

" I couldn't have dreamed that so many people would want to read my book, until

I was up to my ears in orders, which I filled in the bedroom of my home! It soon

became clear that it was time to start my own company. Since it all started in

my house, it was only natural to name it: Hay House.

" Hay House has since grown to be one of the world's top publishers in the

self-help, mind/body, and spiritual field. In fact, we now have offices in

Sydney, Australia; London, England; Johannesburg, South Africa; Vancouver,

Canada; Auckland, New Zealand, and Mumbai, India. These changes were beyond my

wildest dreams. In the beginning, all I wanted to do was help people I couldn't

see personally. I truly believe that the growth of Hay House was supervised by

the Universe itself. When we choose a new book to publish, it's always something

that helps others improve the quality of their lives.

" An astrologer once told me that when I was born, these was a configuration in

my chart that showed me helping many, many people on a one-to-one basis. It's

too bad that tape recorders hadn't been invented at the time, so I could have

further interpreted this information. Today, thanks to the miracle of

technology, the sound of my voice is available on CD, and accompanies thousands

of people to bed each night. My voice can put anyone to sleep. As a result, many

people whom I've never met feel that they know me because we spend so many

intimate moments together. One of the wonderful things about what I do is that

it gives me the opportunity to be greeted with love almost everywhere I go.

People feel that I'm an old friend who has helped them through many a sticky

moment.

" No matter what age we are, we can always let go of a little more garbage and

break a new barrier. Let me share my latest breakthrough with you. When I was

76, I decided to do something I'd never done before because I was always afraid

to. I decided to take up ballroom dancing. I'd wanted to dance since I was a

child, but could never get up the courage. For many years I'd said, " In the next

lifetime, I'll be a dancer. It's too late to do it now, " Talk about a negative

affirmation!

" Then one day last fall, I passed a dance studio and their sign read, " We

teach you to dance one step at a time, " And I thought, ONE STEP AT A TIME; MAYBE

I COULD DO THAT. My next thought was, I'm going to live quite a few more years,

why am I waiting for the next lifetime? And so a new era began for me.

" The initial two months were absolute hell. I dreaded the first lesson, which

took place on a Wednesday afternoon, but I knew I had to go through with it, I

think I held my breath the entire time, Every little-kid piece of baggage that I

had left in me came up in my body ----

embarrassment, humiliation, and shame flooded through me. I couldn't even FIND

an affirmation.

" One day, a teacher at the studio said, " Louise, I can just see the fear in

your eyes. Where does it come from? " I couldn't respond. Later that night when I

really thought about it, I found that there was a part of me that was convinced

I would be hit in the face if I did it " wrong. " That was a real revelation to

me. The little kid inside of me was terrified of being slapped, and I was 76

years old!

" At the next lesson when I told the teacher my answer, her eyes filled with

tears. That was the breakthrough for me. All those feelings began to subside,

and I could concentrate on my steps. It's now almost 4 years later and I take

three private lessons a week and four group lessons. It has even become fun for

me. So, my dears, if I can do it, so can you. It's never too late to learn

something new. "

Copyright 2006. Hay House, Inc. The LOUISE HAY Newsletter (Premier Issue) No.

1.

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