Are Negative Emotions Causing You To Get Sick?
One day, a man had flu.
So he won’t spread his germs, his wife dropped his plate and utensils in boiling water.
Their 5 year old daughter saw this and asked, “What are you doing Mommy?”
“I’m boiling the dishes to kill Daddy’s germs,” she said.
The girl remained quiet. After awhile, she said, “I have an idea. Why not just boil Daddy and kill all his germs?”
Germs.
We blame them for our sickness.
But that’s only partly true.
Our immune system is so terrific, it can fight almost all germs. But we get into trouble when our immune system gets weak. And one thing that causes it to weaken is our negative emotions.
The Shocking Truth
This blew my mind.
Studies show that 85% of all disease is rooted in our emotions.
Wow.
That means that among the 17 million people who died of heart disease last year, and among the 7.2 million people who died of cancer last year, 85% of those diseases were rooted in their emotions.
Man! If only someone taught them to work on their emotions (not just on their bodies), some of them might still be alive today.
Here’s what I believe.
Most of our diseases are messages.
What message? Diseases are telling us that we have a spiritual need that we need to fill.
But instead of listening to the message, we kill the messenger. We get rid of the sickness without addressing our soul needs. Very soon, the sickness will reappear.
Sometimes, in a fatal way.
For example, our sickness may be telling us, “You need to forgive and get rid of your anger,” but instead of forgiving, we take a pill. Or our sickness is telling us, “You need to stop worrying and trust God more,” but instead of trusting, we take a pill. Or our sickness is telling us, “You need to stop working too hard and relax more with your family,” but instead of playing with our kids, we take a pill.
In primitive societies, doctors were also priests. When people got sick, the cure was holistic. Aside from giving them herbs, doctors told them to pray, to forgive, to trust in God.
And then the scientific revolution came, and doctors focused purely on the body.
Today, the old model is coming back.
Because now, my friend doctors are praying with their patients, are telling them to have faith, to forgive, and to spend time with their families. They’ve become doctors and priests again.
Two Reasons Why We Get Sick
How do our emotions cause sickness?
In two important ways.
First, when we have too much negative emotions.
Second, when we have too little positive emotions.
Let me tell you how both are deadly to your system.
1. Too Much Negative Emotions
Let’s take stress.
When I was a small boy, I regularly massaged Dad’s shoulders every night. Part of my “chore” as a kid.
But everytime I did, I’d complain.
Because his shoulders were as hard as steel! They were no match for my tiny thumbs.
Even then, I knew the tension in his shoulders came from his job. Dad was a manager in a large food company.
Mom said he also had hypertension. As Filipinos love to say, “mataas ang high blood niya”. (Wow, that’s really high.)
Dad had hypertension all his life.
All his life, that is, until he reached 65. That was the year he retired from his job. From that day on, he never had hypertension, all the way until the day God called him home at young age of 88.
One day, when Dad was already retired—but very busy serving God—I remember he was eating in the dining room. I went behind him and gave him a shoulder massage.
The difference was amazing! His shoulders were soft and supple. No more tension in them.
That’s the power of stress in our lives.
Let me ask you a question: How stressed are you?
Stress And Sickness
Who are those most susceptible to heart disease?
Those with a “Type A Personality”: People who are aggressive, easily angered, competitive, controlling, and always rushing.
Here’s a scary fact. 82% of people who have heart disease have a Type A Personality! Why? Stress. (Type A Personality isn’t just a personality. Type A is a spiritual disease.)
Here’s another fact: More strokes and heart attacks happen on Monday than at another day of the week. (We need a Presidential Decree removing Mondays from our calendar!)
I know a woman who liked her job but didn’t like the boss she was working for. There was a lot of conflict. Wanting a break from her stress, she took a 15-day vacation. And she enjoyed her two-week vacation. But on the 14th day, when she knew she was going back to her job, she suffered a massive stroke. Today, half of her body is paralyzed.
Which was a perfect picture of her life—half of her body wanted to go to work, the other half didn’t want to!
Because our bodies were not made for prolonged stress.
Another negative emotion is anger…
Anger Has An Expiry Date
One day, a man was sitting in his living room when he heard a knock on the front door.
He opened the door and saw no one. But as he looked down, he saw a snail, saying in a little voice, “Can I borrow P100?”
The man shouted, “Get outta here!” and kicked the snail off his porch.
One year later, the man is sitting in the living room and he hears a knock on the door.
He opens it and sees a very angry snail, asking, “Why did you do that?”
Some of us are snails.
After a year, we’re still angry!
People who are like snails won’t enjoy optimal health.
Here’s the truth: God never designed your body to keep anger for a long time. Anger’s purpose is to spur you to action. Once that purpose is fulfilled, you should get rid of anger by forgiveness.
In other words, anger has an expiry date. Once past is due, it becomes poison in your body.
Are you angry with someone?
Surrender your anger to God.
Angry People Die Sooner
They made a study of 255 doctors and asked them to take a “hostility” test.
In other words, how they respond to drivers who cut them on the road. Or to people who criticize them. Or to friends who are disloyal them.
Thirty years later, the researchers went back to these same doctors. What did they find out? Some of those doctors who scored high in the hostility test were already dead! Their death rate was six times higher than those who scored low in the hostility test. Remember: Angry people die sooner.
Don’t Escape!
If we don’t want to get sick, what should we do with stress, anger, sadness, fear, and other negative emotions?
Ignore them? Pretend they’re not there?
Nope. That will make it worse.
Here’s my big message for you: What you can feel, you can heal. What does that mean? Don’t escape your negative emotions.
Perhaps you have money problems now.
Or you have conflicts at work.
Or you have a broken heart.
Or you have marriage problems.
Or you have problems with your kids.
Or you’re sick right now.
And you’re tempted to escape from your anxiety, stress, anger, fear, and depression.
How? Some people become numb.
Others escape through addictions: drugs, alcohol, sex, video games, food, shopping, relationships, and workaholism. Remember that all addiction is really emotional anesthesia. So we won’t feel our emptiness, our fears, our depression, our anger, we distract ourselves.
But when we don’t feel our negative emotions, they come out in our bodies as respiratory problems, ulcers, headaches, skin allergies, digestive problems, even cancers.
Even Childhood Emotions
John Sarno is a doctor specializing in back pains, neck pains, shoulder pains, and leg pains. When he was a young doctor, his main tools were like every other doctor—surgery and pills.
But soon, he got very frustrated with the results. Many times, the pains of his patients would come back—even after expensive treatments and invasive surgery.
That’s when he overhauled his method of healing.
Now, his tools of healing people are two lectures! Basically, he tells them how their unacknowledged and unfelt childhood emotions cause their pains.
He explains: Their subconscious mind was giving them real physical pains to distract them from discovering—and feeling—these very painful emotions buried in their past.
Perhaps their father abandoned them when they were children.
Perhaps they witnessed their parents getting a divorce.
Perhaps they were beaten as kids.
The fear and rage and sadness were so overwhelming, they buried them all in. They pretended everything was okay.
After ten, fifteen, twenty years, these dark emotions manifest in all sorts of diseases.
The results? (This is amazing.) For the past 30 years now, Dr. Sarno has treated 10,000 patients with a 95% cure rate.
Using what? Two lectures!
Some of his patients experience instantaneous healing. Others took a longer time to heal, as they had to discover these painful emotions within them—and feeling them again. They did this via small groups, journaling, or psychotherapy.
Friend, do you want to experience healing too?
Feel Your Feelings Before God
If you want to be healed from your diseases, feel your negative emotions. More specifically, feel your darkest emotions before God. Weep. Be angry. Question Him. (Believe me, He’s big enough to take it.)
Go to God now. And share your inmost heart. Tell Him what you feel, whether it’s anxiety, stress, fear, anger, sadness…
The Psalms of the Bible are exactly like this! They contain what I call “terrible” prayers.
For example, Psalms 22 says, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer…”
And in Psalms 55, it says, “My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death assail me. Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me.”
But that’s precisely why they’re in the Bible.
God is telling you to go to Him no matter what you’re feeling.
Friend, God is waiting for you now. So go ahead. Before Him, feel your darkest emotions.
Soon, those negative emotions will pass.
Because all storms come to an end.
And you’ll notice the healing of your body too.
And here’s the second reason…
2.Too Little Positive Emotions
Two weeks ago, I met Fr. Georges-Etienne Beauregard—an old Jesuit priest.
His age? 97 years old.
He’s led an incredible life: Imprisoned in China, built churches in the Philippines for 12 years, and worked with the aborigines in Taiwan for the last 42 years.
What is he doing today at 97? Still very busy, working in a parish and hospital (which he also built) among the aborigines in Taiwan.
How healthy is he? When he was 95, he was still riding his motorbike!
I asked him, “Father, what is the secret of your long life?”
He chuckled and said, “I have no problems. Others have problems with me, but I have no problems.”
In other words, he didn’t focus on his problems.
In my short time I had with him, I noticed he chuckled a lot. He loved to laugh!
The secret to his long life was no secret at all. It was very obvious. He had a light, jolly heart.
Your Need For Joy
Your body was made to operate with the “oil of gladness” flowing through your veins, tissues, and cells. You were made to laugh, to celebrate, to be happy!
One day, Norman Cousins was diagnosed to have heart disease. In his book, The Anatomy of An Illness, he shares how he got healed: By taking Vitamin C and mega-doses of laughter. Everyday, he would watch comedy films and enjoy 10 minutes of genuine belly laughter. And he was healed! Doctors thought he would live a short life. But he lived for 30 more years.
That’s why the Bible says, A happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones (Proverbs 17:22).
Are you a happy person?
Do you enjoy life?
Are you fulfilled?
Are you self-assured?
Many studies show that positive emotions strengthen your immune system.
Optimists Live Longer!
Scientists studied 1,100 patients at the Mayo Clinic and asked them to do a personality survey. These studies classified them according to optimists and pessimists. Thirty years later, they went back to these patients.
Here’s what they found out: Optimists have a 19% higher chance of still being alive than the pessimists.
Here’s one fascinating explanation.
In one study, scientists studied one of the body’s natural “good mood chemicals” called serotonin.
When they placed serotonin in a test tube alongside tumor cells of Burkitt’s lymphoma, the cancer cells kill themselves.
Here’s a quote from that study: “An exciting property of serotonin is that it can tell some cells to self-destruct. We have found serotonin can get inside the lymphoma cells and instruct them to commit suicide.”
How To Have More Positive Emotions
How can you be happy more often?
How can you have more content, self-assurance, fulfillment, and a deep sense of profound peace more often?
Let me end this discussion by showing you two ways:
First, Gratitude
Maricel is our house helper.
She shared to me a very touching story.
Last month, she went home to her province in Dumaguete. She borrowed money from us to buy the little plot of land that her family house was standing on. She also brought home her savings, buying a sack of rice for her family.
She also went home to spend time with her siblings and their children—her little nephews and nieces. So one bright morning, from the barrio, they travelled to Dumaguete City. Maricel paid for all their jeepney fares.
Everyone was excited, she said. Because for some of them, it was the first time to visit the city.
She brought her family to a mall—and the kids were beside themselves with joy.
What they loved most was the escalators. They shrieked with delight, “Ate, yung hagdan, tumatakbo!” (The stairs are running!)
When they went home, everyone was so happy.
One of her little nieces hugged Maricel and asked, “Tita, sa susunod na taon, ipasyal mo kami ulit, ha?” (Auntie, bring us out next year, okay?) Clearly, it was the high point of their year.
Casually, I asked Maricel, “What did you eat in the mall?”
“Hindi po kami kumain, Kuya Bo. Walang budget, eh.” (We didn’t eat. I had no budget.)
Her answer brought me to tears. Those kids went to the mall and went home without eating, and yet they were so happy.
Sometimes, I forget how blessed I am.
Sometimes, we have food in front of us, and we even have the gall to complain that it isn’t our favorite.
No wonder we lack happiness in our lives.
And no wonder our bodies are sick!
Learn to be more grateful for life. Live in gratitude. Celebrate God’s goodness, even in the smallest blessings!
Soon, happiness and healing will flow into your life.
Second, Trust
Heart disease has killed more people than any other disease in the world. It’s the number one killer in the world.
And I believe the number one cause of heart disease is stress.
From my experience, there’s only one antidote to stress: Trust in God. It’s the greatest stress-buster in the world.
How much do you trust in God?
A deep trust in God will make you avoid stress and keep you healthy!
I invite you now to surrender your problems to God. Follow the Bible when it says, Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. (1 Peter 5:7)
He does care for you, my friend.
Give Him all your fears.
Surrender yourself to God.
May your dreams come true,
Bo Sanchez
PS. Yeheey, it’s my birthday this July 11! I’m excited. On my birthday, I launch my latest book, How To Build A Happy Family. I’ll also be launching a 7-month audio and video course called Relationship Reborn Program. It’ll rock your world. And with it, I’m also launching a FamilyReborn Club to help families grow more in love and unity. I know it’ll bless thousands of families, marriages, and parents! I’ll talk more about it next week. Watch for it…
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Thanks Bo for the post.
I’m currently in a high-stress period of my life, where I spend nearly 24/7 worried about a number of projects, and well, it’s good to remember that all storms pass. It’s common sense, but we tend to forget it in the middle of the storm.
Thanks for all Bo!
Thank you Bro Bo for another great post.
Happy birthday in advance. I’m excited for next week’s post.
God bless.
eLviN
Bro. Bo, this article is perfectly timed. I am at my worst emotional and spiritual state. Though I am not sick physically, my system is clogged with so much negativity and excess baggage that I fail to recognize the countless blessings that I have in life. I am one stubborn person when it comes to controlling my life. Hopefully, I am able to let go and let God take the lead.
Thanks really for this message. I have found the right answer to my question because of reading this. I feel lighter now and feel like flying again after my great fall. God bless you Bo.
Bro Bo
i attended the feast yesterday… thank you for the fruit of love you sharing to us!
God bless you more!
Dear Bro. Bo,
Advance happy birthday. may you continue to be ever sensitive to the messages of the Lord. May you live a long, happy, and meaningful life. God bless you and your family.
hi bo,
two minutes before i opened my email, i was ranting to the world because i am so stressed. God gave me your email as his answer.
thank you for this. now i am slowly quieting my inner turmoil.
God bless you, as always.
Sir,
thanks for the post..miracles still do happen and angels still exist although they don’t have wings..for the past few days i have been asking God to help me trust him more and stop worrying about my life..the trials i have been going through have made me overlook all the blessings God has showered me making me a very unhappy person..my unhappiness eventually adversely affected my relationship with my children..your post is indeed a message from God and you are His angel..more power..God bless.
You are really made by God, Bro. Bo, for others. You see how perfect is the timing of this article of your on how i feel right now and for the past days now extending to over a week. Yes, truly, indeed God loves us all. Just having read the above article today and you sending it to me right now where i most need a third voice to tell me how God loves me, through your write-up, is a manifestation of God’s power to save me from further damage to happen.
Thank you and may God always bless you.
Advance Happy Birthday Bro. Bo. Thank you for that meaningful article. I really needed it.
Hi Bro. Bo,
Thanks so much for this article. I spent the entire weekend working, and I’m still behind schedule. You can imagine the amount of stress I’m under!
Your articles are always a breath of fresh air, even for a nitpicky writer like me. Everything hits home! And the funny thing is, I find myself writing like you more and more every single day.
I know that’s a good thing, because the happier my writing is, the more people will be blessed by it.
Once again, thank you very much. God bless you, and please do keep up the great work!
Hello Bo,
My eyes opened widely with the reality of how I felt now. You are always in a good timing in making me happy all these years. You made me realize that everything would be okay. I was just into a break up very fresh, in a bad relationship. I intake these dosage of words from you - “You need to stop worrying and trust God more,” and “What you can feel, you can heal”. Thank you so much Bo. Everywhere I’ll go I wont stop hearing words of God from you and following Feast. I am in Cebu right now and still very updated with the happenings in Feast. Thank you Bo so much for adding strength to my life everyday. You’re always a blessing!
All the depression, sadness i feel today i surrender everything to God.. I know He knows what is the best for me, but some times it just hard to accept how I’ve done things that causes me to regret them. God please Help me i want this feeling to go away.. I’m afraid..
Thanks Bo! You are such an inspiration!!!
Thanks Bo for another inspiring and informative article.
I will now surrender to God all my negative emotions. It really kills me minute by minute. Only me can heal my diseases.
Thanks for helping me Bo, I found the answers.
well said bro. bo! happy birthday po!
Hi Bro Bo, advance Happy Birthday and GOD bless you with more years to come to be a blessing to people like me.
Thank you for this message, I’m always excited to get inspirational and soul uplifting messages like this!
Its is really true that as we live our own busy lives,sometimes we tend to forget that life is just simple. It is us,who makes it too complicated. Thank you so much for the inspiration!
God bless us all more than enough everyday!
P.S.
I’ll be depositing my membership fee today to I am Truly Rich Club and I am so excited to learn more how to be financially literate so as to help and be a blessing to others!
Happy Birthday!.What an inspiring article.It’s been a year since my break-up but I still find it very hard to move on and let go.I still have lots of regrets,frustrations,and anger inside me.I know in God’s perfect time all of these will be resolved.Thank you for your very inspiring article.It gives me more optimism and hope.God bless.
thank you so much brother Bo for this wonderful message..i’ll be sure to pass it to my family and friends…
advance happy birthday ! May God continue to bless you and the work you do!
wow…. what a great message for this week.. thanks bro, this is blessing me so much:)
but may I asking.. when i have faith in everything i’m doing, i become relax n not dead by the deadline.
i do my thesis slowly but sure..sometimes it makes my friends crazy about me… they see me as a crazy girl,wasting so much time for family and friends and rest of it for thesis.
i do it by faith but sometimes tiny voice says “you are lazy… u’re too relax… life is hard, see how others is work harder than you…” it was annoying my life…
do you have words for me bro?
last but not least… happy birthday in advance bro…!!! (”(^o^)”)
Good Noon!
Brother BO”
If there is a higher word
to say thank you I’m glad to say Thank you..
Brother bro you make my day complete, because of your wonderful words that make my life. inspired! daily this is my only sword so that i can face the word.. true problem and trials in my life..
Happy Birthday in advance..
Well said! As always! I had always believed the principle about health and attitude you mentioned here.Thanks for this refresher.
thanks bro Bo! such a wonderful insight and awesome message for all of us. have a great day with the LORD.
Thanks bro. This is the answer to a prayer I have longed for. I wish one day I will meet you face to face Bro. Bo.
Advance happy birthday full of blessings.
God bless.
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY on the 11th of July! May God never leave you and your messages.Thanks a million.It might benefit your readers as it had benefited others and me to go to this website: www.whatiflifemax.net (just click on the testimonials).thanks again for making miracle happen in people’s lives.
Amen to this!
Bro. Bo,
Thank you for your inspiring article. It really removes my negative thoughts in life. Every time you have a new article, I really take time to read it. I hope I could join your organization by being a volunteer. I am a former seminarian and I love sharing my talents & knowledge to the less fortunate. There I found joy and contentment.
God bless!
Bro. Bo,
Advance HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Great article!
It awakens me because I’m working almost 7 days a week and have little time for rest & relaxation, that’s why I got sick. Now I know what to do so that it will not happen again. Thanks Bo.
God Bless!
wow! praise God for your words Bro. Bo! just the words I need at moment…. Happy Birthday in advancement… I thank God for giving us a wonderful gift: You.
happy birthday, bro bo! may GOD continue to speak to us through your messages!
Thank you so much bro Bo for sharing this article… it helps me a lot…. another word of wisdom from you.. may GOD bless you always……
so happy reading this one……
Bro. Bo,
Right now, I’m a little bit stressed… your message is timely. Thanks for lifting our spirit by reminding us of God’s presence and great love for us.
Advance happy birthday! God bless you more!
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROTHER BO… YOU ARE BLESSING TO US… KEEP IT UP…
Advance happy birthday Bo! I am so excited for next week’s feast, however, I have a mission in Bicol for Gawad Kalinga. You are always inspiring me Bro. Bo!
I am so inspired today because of this post. I have so much to do but I know that He is beside me. I feel His presence anywhere I go especially when am visiting our Gawad Kalinga communities, I see Him on the happy faces of our GK beneficiaries/families. This made me sleep every night with a painted smile on my face and excited to wake up every morning with faith, hope and love in my heart.
MABUHAY PO KAYO!
STRESS, STRESS GO AWAY!!!!
Bo, your message just hit me hard — enough to break a wall!
Your blog is the answer I really dont want to hear, but the Big Guy above is telling me it’s time to listen and stop being so stubborn.
Thank you Bo for being His messenger.
I’m still working on dispelling negative emotions and enhancing positive ones in my 7-year battle against cancer. I trust that God will heal me, but perhaps my faith is not big enough, yet.
Thank you so much, Bro. Bo, for your encouraging words! You are indeed a blessing to so many of us!
Advanced happy birthday!
Hi Bro Bo,
Another inspiring article..Thank you very much for inspiring us once again.
Advance Happy Birthday Bro Bo.
Advance Happy Birthday My Brother!
We Love You!
Dear Bo:
I’m also one of the many souls struggling everyday to cope up with stress from work and family life. I’m working in a bank that demands too much of my time.
I am glad that I have the daily dose of inspirational messages from God through your Soul Food articles.
Please don’t get tired in helping other people like me with your spiritual stress-busting tips.
God bless and advance happy birthday.
Rene del Rosario
Bro Bo, first thing & foremost i want to greet you advance HAPPY BIRTHDAY..like others wish more birthday to come, more success & good health.
thank you for this another inspiring & informative articles…i always waiting every week to read your article…i love the story of your house keeper Maricel..i feel the tears in my eyes…..and i will surrender all my anxiety to our Almighty Lord….
GOB bless us all….
Dera Bro Bo,
Advance happy birthday!!!!thank you so much for the ins[piring artiicle !!!may God continiously shower you all His blessings!!!
Bro. Bo.
You are right, most of the illness is cause by stress, worries and anxiety.. I’m suffering from stress , that ‘a why my immune system is down. I got so much worried about my marriage because, there are many times that my husband lied to me. But i learned to let it go, I offer it to the Lord , I asked the helped of St. Joseph and Mother Mary to pray for me.
The Lord sent an angel to me. I got three grandchildren, that make my life so happy,
Thanks again Bro. Bo. God Bless Us all
Bro Bo, once again you hit me! It’s Monday today and I didn’t go to office coz I wasn’t feeling well. “Rainy days and Mondays always get me down”, as the song says. Or just trying to get away from the stress at the office. Why didn’t I just sit up from bed and prayed so that I will have the strength to move and report for office. Like in your story, I love my work but I don’t like our boss, the owner of the company. He doesn’t know how to appreciate his people. Yes he is the owner and can do anything to us, but we are people and have feelings. Sometimes he just blurts out negative things to us and our staff hear them. Nakakahiya coz they feel it also. But I continuously pray for him despite the feeling. It’s just sometimes, I feel depressed. Many have resigned already, not because of work but the management style he has. Please help me pray for him. Thank you!
Hello Bo. Advance Happy birthday.
Thank you for sharing this message to us. I am presently in a high stress mode, and i think this caused my headache.
The small omissions of my helpers seems to be of a great deal to me but now i realize that I could teach them in a nice way to do it better without me getting so emotional. I’ve been a worrier and its not getting me good. God has been blessing me with so many things. A wonderful husband, a loving daughter, househelps, families, friends, financial blessings and more opportunities. I should be thankful for ever-flowing blessings He has given me.
So starting at this moment, I’m surrendering to God all my fears, all my worries, and all my negative feelings. And I am praying for God’s healing, spiritually and physically.
Thank you so much and God bless.
Hi Bro. Bo,
Bless na bless ako ng mabasa ko itong article mo. Salamat sa diyos at nareliease ko ang anger and hatred ko sa puso ko at na forgive ang mga taong nakasakit sa akin. I want now to free from stress, problems, fears, negative emotions etc. I want to focus for the better life and have a good relationship to others. I learn a lot to this articles. Now, I smile and laugh so much… Thank you and more power to you.
God bless you also.
Praying for you,
Dorie
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRO. BO.
salamat!salamat!salamat!
This is very insightful Bo!;)) and I certainly agree to this.
Dear Bo,
Being here in the middle east and away from my loved ones is really make me STRESS.
But whenever I pray each night and day, I always submit myself and my whole family to our Lord God. I surrender everything to Him. I always end up my prayer with the words “Jesus, King of Mercy, I trust in You”.
Happy Birthday!
God bless & More power!
Julio Tesoro
another truly inspiring article…. thank you, Bro Bo.
Advanced Happy Birthday and may GOD bless you and your family…
One of my favorite Bro. Bo
GOD bless us always!
Hi Kuya Bo!
I would like to let you know that our great God has given me so much blessings and one of them is decreasing my stress in life by bringing the right people close to our ministry. Your article is a great affirmation of that experience and I’d like everyone to know that stress really makes us sick.. I have experienced that 3 weeks ago.. When you feel happy and optimistic and free your mind with negative thoughts, your body becomes healthier and energized!
Advanced happy birthday Kuya Bo! God bless us all =)
Thank you so much Bro Bo for a very enlightening article. Happy Birthday!
Advance Happy Birthday, Bro Bo!!!
Thank you so much! You’re such a great blessing to me and to others. This article came on time to encourage me. God bless!
Great article Bro. Bo- thanks! Happy birthday!
Hi Bro. Bo.
Thanks for the article. Honestly, the article is really for me. I have been suffering from my hyper acidity, it’s because of self-imposed pressure. I want to control everything, I want to have an instant result of what I want.
Thanks again for the very nice article.
Pray for me.
I tear fell from my eye while reading this…thank you so much Bro. Bo for sharing this story. This will surely change my life. Happy happy Birthday in advance, may you continue touching lives with the help of God. Have a great week ahead!
Thanks Bro. Bo, for yet another inspiring article. I am feeling down and low this past few months but with your articles, I feel so much inspired. It reminds me of all the good things that are still present in my life. I really have to thank you for keeping me sane and optimist all this time.
I look forward to more life-changing articles from you.
More Power and God Bless! =)
Hi! i too have my share of sicknesses. Sometimes, I can’t even explain them. I have asthma occassionally, I have allergies on food, on dust and have colds quickly. I have fever also some other times. I have a back pain. The last test on my sugar was 120, also a little bit high according to my doctor. And sometimes, I have 140 bp. I feel stress when I am planning to do lots of work. But I also feel stress when I don’t have anything to do and I am longing to do something. Sometimes, I really do feel that when this happens or when these sicknesses appear in my physical body or emotional self, I know God wants me to do something. It is like He is prompting me to do something. Other than medicines, I think God really wants me to do something like maybe deepening myself more spiritually by attending Mass or a community, praying more, or having a well balanced life like spending more time on my emotional health like enjoying myself more without thinking of money, spending more time with friends and maybe finally finding a love life for myself and creating a family. Plus, I need also to do actual work, because it also brings you stress when you are not working. I feel the energy, sometimes too much energy not being used whenever I don’t have anything to attend to. Maybe He is prompting me to live my dreams. A mission to be fulfilled. So I guess, these health diseases can be cured by doing action and starting on my real purpose in life. By achieving my dreams. I have to do away with the fears the I feel and the negative emotions and bring more positivity into myself so that I would feel much better and achieve something. May God guide me more in this and may I hear His audible voice telling me what I need to do to have well being. With these sicknesses, I am already positive. What more if I am not. These, I think are just manifestations of unused energy I have in my body. I need to do more physical activities, actually doing things, rather than just thinking about them or planning about them. Let my lack of money not be a problem in achieving this. May I have a whole life and I wish this also with others. Happy Birthday, Bo!
tama tlga!
thanks Bro. Bo, God Bless you! Happy Birthday!!!!!!
another inspring article…. let’s live life to the fullest….!
Dearest Bo,
I’ve always loved your writings. Incredible sense of humor and yet ever so coherent and pertinent to the times. Kudos!
My father was indeed a type A personality and passed away at the age of 69 of heart attack. Funny thing is my brother, who was a bubbly personality and loved by all passed away even earlier at 37, no family yet. Stress would’ve come from teaching martial arts then and he never had a check up. Lived a clean life, literally and figuratively. Respected all human beings and never imposed his beliefs to non-believers of God.
But what I cannot forget was when he shared to his girlfriend 2 weeks before he passed away…. “To live is Christ, to die is gain.”
Death is not necessarily evil. Spiritual death is a bigger problem. We may live to be a hundred yet spiritually dead. But because of God’s love for humanity, I believe, He’ll wait until we open our hearts to Him, no matter how long. As long as we’re ready, we’re headed home……
mabuhay bro bo.
advance happy birthday to you, more souls to be healed.
now i can sout all my fears, problems, worries and anxieties to God.
thank you once again.
m hoping ur personal advise in my email add.
thanks
Hello Kuya Bo! it’s been awhile since i’ve seen you walk each morning…
thanks a lot for the mail… that came at the right time.
i’m right now not in the best mood to be happy, and your message came just where it was needed.
thanks a lot for the message!
So timely! that’s all i can say! Thank you so much!
thanks a lot bro. bo and happy happy bday more to come.. its really an inspiring one, a week ago i did exprienced doubt on loyalty of my husband its really agreat help for me..
taker and Godbless.
Thank you Bro. Bo for this wonderful and very informative topic you shared to us!
This really enlightened me, as I myself admittedly have some negative emotions of my own !
Advance Happy Birthday,Bro. Bo !
God bless !
Congrats for hitting my problem -bulls eye.
Actually it’s my wife. She is adept at negative meditation. As soon as it is triggered, she becomes unstoppable. She recites a litany of negative things around her and as she does so,she becomes angrier and angrier and sicker and sicker. My problem is when I attempt to tell her or remind her about what’s wrong with her -no matter how kindly, she would blow up worse than Mt. Pinatubo!
To be fair, many things and people around us here are not perfect -but not worse than anybody would experience.
I’m sure that if she could convert her negative meditations to positive ones, she could become another St. Theresa of Avila!
But for that fault, my wife is a hard worker for the parish. She teaches catechism; she is a pillar of the local Legion of Mary (up to the Comitium level); she has strong leadership quality and so on.
My problem is how to get across to her your message Bo. She would surely resent it if there is a hint that it comes from me.
Thank you in advance.
This is a P.S.
Please hide my name in my comment (for obvious reason). Pwede ba?
it helps me a lot.. THANK YOU PO and God Bless!
ADVANCE HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRO.YOUR INSPRING WORD FROM THE LORD REMINDS ME OF HOW I LACK FAITH IN THE LORD. THANK YOU BRO.
Dear Bro.Bo,
Greetings in the name of the Lord. Happy birthday too, wish u all the best. Thanks for a beautiful message. It’s really timing, i feel very sick yesterday though i dont have fever, m ay mga multo kc ng kahapon sa ming mag asawa ang nai share nmin during BS at may certain fact sya na di naconfess during those days na nagpa patch up kami. After realizing, pain just struck me off same intense of feeling na parang di lumipas ang panahon it seems parang bago pa lang nangyayari. were 10 yrs married, and that thing happens 7 yrs ago. I know for myself that i have forgiven my husband, pero why is the feeling so intense. As i read ur article it enlightens me and maybe it’s right i should not be haunt by the past, for this negative feelings make me feel sick and besides there are lot of times my husband show me how much he loves me. maybe i was being tested kung gaano ko katatag, But i i believe God is with us all the time. thank you so much and more power.
Bro Bo,
Advance Happy Birthday! This is a very powerful insight.I have always been serious in a lot of things.Although I get to be as jolly as ever whenever am with my closest friends or with my family.I really think I have to get rid of a lot of unforgiveness in my heart especially towards my Dad.I should start seeing things and people in a different perspective now.Thank you so much.
Thanks Bo… looking forward to your new book…I need to share this to my family and friends..
thank you for the topic,,,it really touched me because now, i am so stressed even school year had just started. i’m blessed to receive all your email. it helped me a lot.. i was about to stop reading but something made me finish it, :))
same time next blog. tnx. i love it…
Bro Bo,
Maraming maraming salamat ! tamang tama bago ako magbukas ng mail ko ay ang daming stress sa katawan ko. Susundin ko lahat itong sinulat mo
Maligayang Kaarawan ! ! !
Hi Bo,
Thank you for sharign to me this wonderful and inspiring article from you.
God bless and more power!
James Parmis
http://vur.me/143/swom
Thanks for the wonderful post which comes from your heart filled with love for the Lord.. Out of that fullness flows the blessing to bless others, too.. Happy birthday in advance, Brother Bo.
More blessings to come and a cheerful life. 
Advance Happy Birthday Bro. Bo. I am so stressed now because I take all the problems seriously. A mixed of problems. Anyway I spent a time praying to God that He will help me face all the challenges in my life.It was about three months of subscribing your message. I’m so very thankful.
hi bro. bo!
thank you so much for making a timely message for us… for helping us to strengthen our faith in Dear God!
thank you so much for the inspiring message…………… it was indeed an eye opening to all of us who worries a lot….God bless you more and advance Happy Birthday
wow very educational and amazing yung mga nabanggit na serotonin brother Bo. Thank you posa dagdag kaalamang spiritual , emotional at physical.
mabuhay ka brother Bo!
advance happy birthday bro. bo. your article made me realized a lot of things again. thank you for this post. God bless!!!
Thank you Bro. Bo for another inspiring article.
I’m at a point in my life when I have to humble myself, remember that all things come from God, and that I only need to trust in Him to lead me. Your article gave affirmation to what I’ve been pondering on. Thank you again!
You are indeed a blessing. Advanced happy birthday!
Thank you Bo for another inspiring article!
The humour in your writting made me chuckle…and my spirit had enjoyed a nutritious suplement!!
May God bless you and your family always and always!!
I thank God for people like you.
Hi Bo,
Advance Happy Birthday!!! I celebrate with you
God Bless Always.. and receive your harvest.. You have planted great seeds to our lives… to your readers….
Thanks for this beautiful article, truly it’s enlightening!!!
Thank you for the inspiring message bro bo it helps me a lot,you’re right we have to be happy at all times.
God bless always!!!!!!!
Bro bo I’m a temperamental person,how can i get rid of it?
Thanks Bo, just in time posts. More power and advance Happy Birthday!
why every time i feel so down you’re there cheering me up with your blogs!
thanks so much Bro. Bo and thanks God for answering my questions through your blogs! that’s very true when we are angry it weakens our immune system. last time i got ill for a long time, i got angry with my boyfriend and his secrecy. the doctor said i need a surgery but when i started to forgive and pray for healing i get well, simply amazing right!?
Advance happy3x birthday Bro. Bo, God bless you!!!
Hello, Mr Bo Sanchez!
Advance happy birthday!
Every time I read your articles, it brings out the ‘positiveness’ in me, I feel I want to let everyone I know read your article .
I encouraged my husband who works in Abu Dhabi, to join the Kerygma Family. So instead of forwarding your pieces to him, he’ll get it straight from you.
Thanks for all inspiration & motivation even thru reading only.
God bless you with ‘more beautiful years ahead’ to be of service to God. Stay healthy & bubbly!
thank you Bo. =)
and happy birthday to you (in advance) God bless you more. so you can continually share it with us =)
*hugs*
hi bo,
happee beeday po! Wish u all the best in life!may the good Lord will bless u always. Maraming salamat sa article na ito Bro Bo. Nasa peak of fear po ako ngaun at peak of problem. When I finished reading ur article para akong natauhan na dapat hwag mag-worry sa mga problems na napagdadaanan ngayon. Please include us in your prayers, my bf and I my kunting gap dahil may babaeng nakikisasaw sa relasyon namin. Inamin lahat ng aking bf na my feelings siya sa kababata at kabarkada nya but he said that we will try to fix our relationship. Ang pinoproblema ko ngayon kung hanggang kelan ba kami ganito?Kung hanggang kelan ako aasa na ako pa din untill pagtanda nya?Kung ipagpapatuloy pa ba nya akong mahalin untill pagtanda nya? Nasasaktan ako sa mga pinapakita nya sa akin pero tinitiis ko lahat kasi alam ko si God di ako pababayaan. Ang hiling ko lng sana Bro. Bo bumalik ung pgmamahal nya sa akin ng buong buo at lalo pa nya akong mahalin until pagtanda namin.. Natatakot akong mawala siya sakin.. Please pray for us Bro, Bo. Maraming salmat! God bless u more Bo.!
Thank you for this post, Bo. Happy birthday. God will surely bless you with more abundance because you are a blessing to so many people around the world.
hi bro,
thanks for your inspiring messages, its really inspire it to my daily routine , from bahay to office, marami kang na encounter na mga tao at mga pangyayari na hindi mo maiiwasan . minsan you can not control yourself, but since i attend feast in picc, i feel so easy to handle everything maybe because i know GOD LOVES US.
THANKS BO HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN ADVANCE
Dear Brother Bo,
Thanks a lot for those inspiring messages, It makes me feel good every time I read your articles.It enlightens me.God Bless you and your family.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!!!
Bro Bo, Happy happy birthday!!! im very happy that LOJ grew sooooo big now. you have alot of followers now that looks up to you. I was surprised how fast PICC feast grow. im really blessed that i can attend the feast regularly ( coz this balance my daily existence) thanks a lot. You are a blessing to us. HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
you always give a answer to my prayer.. you explain it very elementary thanks…
Bro Bo:
Thank you for this article…it made me realize that I am the cause of all my anxiety because of all my negative emotions
Thank You Bro. Bo for translating God’s words in simple and easy to understand words so that we can understand and appreciate God’s love. I also liked that you are giving simple everyday experiences as examples because we can truly relate and apply it to our own experiences.
Thank you and may you continue inspiring others.
Thank you for the very heartwarming and inspiring message… God Bless you Bro. Bo
Dear Bo,
Thanks for your words of healing, I have saved myself from a deep stress. I learned a lot on how to enjoy life whether I have more or I have nothing, it is indeed an unexplainable feeling of happiness to have God in our hearts, in my struggles in life before even all the people around turned their back on me never did i felt alone. God indeed is our abundance when we have nothing at all.
I am grateful to the Lord that He had given you to this world where most of the living are becoming lost, while people enjoys a lot in their indulges and forget what the real sense of happiness is.
God bless you Bo, hope to read from you more.
Dear Brother Bo:
We are just recuperating from side effects of anti-malaria medicine we occassionally take in this part of the world-Africa…We feel knocked down and we are feeling all sorts of pains and aches…You made us remember that God is the greatest healer of all times and we just have to claim good health and we will have it…Indeed stress and problems makes us sick …but our God is bigger than our problems and sickness…God bless you brother Bo and we wish you success in all your endeavors
Wait ha, hehee Bro Bo! Lam mo ba na para akong baliw reading this blog?! At most of the first part, I was really laughing, then suddenly, when i read about your helper’s experience in Dumaguete at the Mall, I got teary eyed wwaahh!!! My roommate was puzzled and curious hehe
Thank Bro for this article. Reminds me of so much important thing in life.
God bless you always.
I thank God for speaking to me through you.
Just last night me and my partner had a fight, actually it’s been going on for almost 2 weeks now. You can only imagine the stress it caused me. I have hypertension and hormonal imbalance giving me always a hard time to breathe and sometimes even collapse; and these series of unfortunate events with my partner worsen my sickness. I prayed for God to take away all my anxieties just last night too and to tell me what to do.
I believe that this is His answer for my prayers.Reading this article is very timely. I thank God and I thank you.
Continue to be a channel of blessing.
Wow Kuya Bo you did it again. Thank you for another inspiring article. It really makes me feel happy and blessed after reading your articles. Thank you Kuya Bo for being a blessing to many people through your wisdom and love for God. Wish that someday I could also serve God with all my heart and continue to be a good Christian and daughter to Him. Godbless Kuya Bo, Advance Happy Birthday!
hi Bo,
My name is tess. I’m from Dumaguete, too. I fully agree with you, in fact we had a seminar once on “healing the family tree” and we touched on this issue.
Thanks again for the message. God bless…
so inspiring.may God continually bless you.
Happy birthday Bro. Bo!
Thank you for this article. It made me smile
Thanks very much brother bo, its an eye opener message to all of us.. it worth reading..
I love so much your message brother Bo… I learned a lot from your books.. your such a channel of blessing.. like a conduit of water that flow every one of us..
THanks a lot brother Bo. I’am so stressed out lately and you just made me feel light. You are God’s blessing to us. Continue to be an angel to everyone. :*
wow, this is so timely. I’m in a constant confusion right now and I do not trust my feelings anymore. I want to give up now but I am still holding on to the promises of God. It’s all that i have right now and the only thing that keeps me going is the thought that He will answer my prayer and He’s always there to listen. I know He has plans and whatever is happening right is part of His plans.
Dear Bro.Bo,
Avance happy birthday…
nice articles i love to read it again and again…
Thank you and God bless,
Thank u for this very flattering message to all of us!!!now i can feel more calm when i read this. I have a business ryt now at 20 whic bothers me a lot and it ruins my life now. But im so thankful that it came to my life cuz it helps me a lot about life challenges. Now ill surrender all my frustrations and struggles that i’ve encountered right now.
Thank u!!!
Bro.Bo,
Advance happy birthday!! God will bless you more…
thank u for the post.
God bless
Hi Bro. Bo,
maraming salamat uli Bro. Bo.
this blog alone is healing itself to me and to all readers out there.
please continue your ministry, because you just don’t know how grateful we are and how blessed we are because of your generosity!
thanks! this is really true.
Why?
I go to confession more often especially if I feel heavy because of sins.
There in the confessional, I pour out my whole emotions- neagtive emotions that lead me to sin.
After, confession, I go home refreshed.
Ready to share God’s grace to others.
I also noticed that after confession, I have a good night sleep.
Believe me, I observed that beacuse I complained of sleeping disorders most of the time.
That’s why i believed it’s in he emotions.
We really do need to feel our emotions, because our emotions are the windows of our SOUL.
Thanks bRo. Bo… I borrowed that from you=”the windows of our soul”.
Thanks . God bless
Thank you Bo,
God truly has a way of answering our troubled minds. He sent you to enlighten us and understand the simplicity of life.
More power to you Bo and God bless. .
yOur blOgs always inspire us
yOur a blessing tO the filipinO people,.
God bless yOu more!!!
advance happy bday!!
thank you.
Hello Bo,
God have talked to me through you. My work is really stressful and your article inspired me to let go and trust Him and be truly grateful.
Praise Jesus!