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By changing writing patterns we simultaneously reconfigure the neuropathways in the brain that record our self-image.
If you’re a printer, be sure to read and re-read the section on printing; it can make a tremendous difference in your life.
Writing habits reflect thinking habits. By making handwriting changes consciously and purposefully—as you will be guided to do in this book—you will be removing handwriting strokes that indicate your own negative judgments and replacing them with those that allow you to move freely in life, creating access to your own unique life purpose.
Those who took on the changes and practiced relentlessly, letting nothing stop them, tapped into hidden abilities far beyond what they could have consciously imagined.
Most of us hide our light under a bushel basket, then complain that the light doesn’t shine through.
Reading the information can be educational and exciting; applying it can be life changing.
Your handwriting is an undistorted mirror of how you see yourself and the world.
Belief has nothing to do with altering thought patterns through changing handwriting.
When we alter the way we write we are simultaneously altering the way we think, and the neuronal pathways shift accordingly. If you adopt specific handwriting changes without knowing what effect they might have, the result would be the same as though you knew ahead of time. It works automatically.
1. There is no such thing as good or bad people; each of us is a Child of God; some of us just cover it up better than others. There is no such thing as good or bad handwriting; if you consider your handwriting “atrocious,” smile—and refer to it as “casual.”
2. The frequency with which a writing habit occurs in your writing is the frequency with which the quality it represents occurs in your life.
3. In looking at the handwriting of someone with whom you are in a relationship, both your handwriting and the other person’s are required if you want to find out the source of the upsets and what ...
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4. The degree of difficulty in the mastery of a stroke change is directly proportional to the value it will have in your life: The greater...
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5. The moment you declare with your pen that you are now willing to complete an issue in your life (let go of negative judgment in some regard) the issue you are dealing with will confront you immediately and clearly, in the form of a per...
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Use a ballpoint pen because it gives more information about handwriting than any other type of writing implement.
Commitment has a magnetic energy that draws to it what it needs to expand, generating what may appear to some to be the impossible.
With persons of intent, purpose, and commitment, miracles are a natural result of daily practice.
When you write, you are designing your life, just as an artist paints a picture.
If you have a definite preference for writing in the portrait direction, you may find yourself worrying about what others may think should you strike out on your own, creating what they may consider an impossible dream. You may begin to move in a new direction, but then retreat to safe, familiar ground when confronted by obstacles. Writing in the portrait direction supports this kind of restrictive thinking because it inhibits the ability to see things in fresh new ways.
Those who naturally turn their page in the landscape direction are usually the idealists, the dreamers, those who become restless when they are made to follow what everyone else is doing or has done. They tend to think for themselves rather than let others do their thinking for them. They take risks where others might hesitate, and are often pioneers in some field. They are the trailblazers.
The closer to the upper edge of the paper your writing begins, the more resistance you may have toward accepting direction or correction.
If you consistently begin your writing near the top edge of the paper, when someone asks you to do something you may hear it as an order rather than as a simple request.
If you begin your writing more than two inches from the top edge of the paper you may find yourself giving in to every request, often letting others steamroll you.
Because we write from left to right, the left margin represents where we are coming from: the past, home, mom, life as it was when we were growing up. The closer you start your writing to this edge, the more you rely on those memories to create your present.
For visionaries, dreamers, and people who want to discover who they really are, I recommend you write just as close to the right edge of the paper as you can. English has many words that hyphenate strangely, so the right margin is naturally the most erratic of all.
Lower Margin This margin represents our aesthetic sense, our appreciation of beauty and elegance: the more generous the margin, the more we value these qualities.
Plan ahead; design this margin as though it were part of the picture you are drawing with your words. Because space is so limited, the lower margin on a postal card doesn’t count.
Line direction is a clear indicator of the attitude with which you greet life, and your belief in your own ability to achieve. A line that drives across the page as though it were an arrow shot from a bow shows that your are a goal-driven no-nonsense kind of person.
When your lines consistently slope slightly upward it shows that you have a positive, win-win attitude, and find something beneficial in any situation. It takes a lot to get you down. If you do get discouraged now and again, it doesn’t last for long. Note: I said “slightly” upward.
An extreme upward sloping line indicates a person who is completely out of touch with reality and covers it up with an artificial “always cheery” attitude. Not surprisingly, any extreme in handwriting reflects an extreme in attitude.
The opposite is true of the writer whose lines slope slightly downward. No matter the situation, this writer automatically sees only the negative possibility. If this writer were to win a million dollars, she or he would probably think, “Oh no. Now everyone will want to borrow money from me!” or “Oh well. The government will take most of it in taxes anyway.”
Above all, do not draw a line across the paper as a guide. When your pen meets a subtle fold it is a gentle reminder; when it meets a line it is a harsh reprimand.
A baseline that looks as though a ruler were held beneath it indicates rigidity, a fear of being proved wrong, and an obsession with structure—in other words, a writer who imposes overwhelming, self-induced stress on himself and in the lives of those around him.
a baseline that is hard to follow because it wavers a great deal says that the writer cannot focus in any one direction for very long.
Any extreme in handwriting will hold us back from being balanced.
The ideal baseline is reasonably straight—neither rigid nor wobbly.
Spacing between words indicates your attitude toward socializing, of needing to have people around. Think of words as people. How close you space them indicates how close you want them to you.
Wide word spacing does not say that you are unfriendly; it says that you prefer to define your own space, usually at arm’s length.
One of the basics of self-supportive writing is to end as many strokes as possible in a rightward direction.
Where a stroke begins indicates where the energy originates.
Where it ends indicates where the energ...
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Many strokes that end in a leftward direction may indicate self-blame, guilt, and a sense of personal inadequacy based on your past.
Left-ending strokes throw you into the past where you ruminate and relive what cannot be undone.
The future is ahead of you; the past is behind. The direction of stroke endings is a major indicator of which one is shaping your decisions.
in life we move from the past to the future—translated into writing patterns, from left to right.
The prime ingredient of any mental barrier, no matter how small, is fear, since nothing else holds us back from expressing life fully.
Upswings are strokes that reflect patterns of deeply ingrained fear. People who write them consistently often find themselves using the same negative phrases in their speaking that their parents used with them.
If personal freedom and healthy, joy-filled relationships are values you hold dear, I strongly urge you to eliminate upswings from your handwriting.
If your script is tiny, you probably prefer small, confined spaces you can call your own; you may thrive on solitude.
If your handwriting falls at the opposite end of the spectrum and is extraordinarily large (assuming your eyesight is not failing), by reducing it slightly to medium size, you may notice that details become apparent that previously slipped by unnoticed.
