My Best Friend

by Suzanne Young

For the past 2-3 years I have been researching all the pros and cons of having a total knee replacement done on both of my severely arthritic knees. When 2025 arrived, I decided it was time to stop procrastinating and become my own BEST friend by writing in my journal each morning until I felt like I could decide, one way or the other, in total confidence.

As I began writing on this topic, an awareness came to me - I quickly realized I had been constantly caught up in a loop of paralysis by analysis. Each time I researched the positives and negatives around this subject, I would temporarily forget a very important Law of attraction (LoA) principle. This principle simply states that the manifestation process unfolds easily and effortlessly when we follow our own guidance and stop listening to everyone else's opinion on what they think we should do.

My journal is private, and I know that no one else sees it, reads it or hears it. It's the safest place I can go, where I know that I will never be judged. This is where I can be my authentic self and write down all the fears and worries and doubts that I have around this surgery.

Writing my real feelings on paper enabled me to acknowledge and then release the negative thoughts that have been producing my anxiety and ongoing procrastination. A sense of relief soon appeared, and clarity and calmness arrived. In this good-feeling place my inner being (Higher self/ God) wrote me this message:

“I am not my programmed childhood limiting beliefs. I am not the worrisome thoughts that make me feel afraid of the unknown.

I am not defined by the habitual, selfdefeating stories that I subconsciously carry deep inside of me.

I am not the labels other people have put on me throughout my childhood.

I am not an unworthy person who first needs to suffer and sacrifice before I can have what I truly want in life.

I am none of these things.

Who I really am is a spiritual being, a small aspect and/or an extension of God/Source Energy who has temporarily chosen to travel on planet earth in a vehicle we call a body.

I am a beautiful, high frequency, loving, energetic being.

My I AM Presence (God) never abandons me and is always found deep within me, wanting to co-create with me and ready, willing, and able to assist me when I ask for help. And because of this I am a powerful creator. No one else’s thoughts and opinions create my reality. I create my own reality. I have the power to choose how I want to think about everything and the free will to pick a perspective that supports my desired outcome.”

After I read this beautiful message, I was at total peace, and I scheduled my surgery for March 5th.

A wise man named Albert Einstein once said, “Your imagination is the preview to your life’s coming attractions.”

Knowing this to be true, I begin to imagine how my life is going to feel after my knee surgery. I begin imagining all the fun I’m going to have this summer with my little 5-year-old granddaughter Olivia.

I see Grandpa, Olivia and me happily walking effortlessly to our neighborhood park. Instead of sitting on the sidelines and taking pictures, I now easily jump into the pool with Olivia as Grandpa takes pictures.

After we’re tired of swimming, we walk over to the playground. I effortlessly climb up the ladder to the big slide where I wrap my legs around Olivia as we slide down together in unison. Next, Olivia and I feel as free as birds as we cheerfully pump our legs, while we swing higher and higher on the “big girl” swings.

After we walk home from the park, Grandpa, Olivia and I chase each other around our beautiful big backyard and joyfully run and kick balls back and forth with each other. We pick flowers from my garden and make a pretty bouquet for the dinner table.

After dark, it's so much fun to painlessly get down on the floor as I play card games, board games and read books with Olivia while Grandpa cooks dinner.

Later in the evening Grandpa surprises us and makes popcorn and a fun movie night unfolds where we all snuggle up together in front of the TV, filling our tummies with popcorn, as we watch Olivia’s favorite movie: Frozen

Another tried and true LoA principle is that we must first get into the feeling place (how it would feel if we already had what we wanted to manifest) before we can attract it to us.

As I pictured having fun with Olivia, I easily conjured up this happy and carefree feeling place in my mind and intend to get into this great feeling place each morning before, during and after my surgery because it's not the words we speak that bring us our dreams, but instead, it's how we truly feel deep inside that attracts the results we want.

So…

This year I invite you to set aside 10 to 15 minutes every day to speak your truth to yourself in your own private journal or record it in your phone if you don't enjoy writing. It's never too late to put yourself first on the list of people you want to help.

You might be surprised and delighted that in the year 2025 everything you’ve ever wanted to manifest in your life began showing up after you made the choice to BE your own best friend!

Suzanne Young is an intuitive life coach who specializes in the Law of Attraction. She is also an inspirational speaker, author, and co-owner of Personal Success Programs, since 2007, with her husband Kevin Young. You can email her at suzanne@psprograms.com and their website is www.psprograms.com. Her office number is 248.349.6225.