as we define what is if only with our thoughts our attention follows our creative mind begins to look for the reality that matches our thoughts and we begin to naturally notice the opportunities that can help lead us to our goals the real benefit of affirmations you cannot have a healthy body without a healthy mind when we try to numb out even if it is not with something particularly noxious our minds are not as healthy as they could be and our bodies will follow suit how numb can we get sometimes when i talk about radical acceptance i like to tell the story about jacob a man who at almost 70 and in the midstages of alzheimers disease attended a 10day retreat i was leading when we dont make anything wrong