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I'm also listening to the relaxation tape daily...what a great idea to have it on CD, so it plays continuously.
All in all, I'm feeling probably the best I've ever felt. The program this time has really given me hope for the future...I haven't thought about positive things in the future in a long time.
I will keep in touch as I continue the second half.
Joe, PA
P.S.
My father also used to talk about getting an orange for Christmas. Our parent's lives were so simple in some ways; it makes me smile thinking about it. |
Dear Joe and Readers,
What a fabulous perk-us-up letter! Thanks for taking the time to write, Joe. I always encourage people to go through the program at least twice. It's amazing how much I thought was new on the tapes the second time I went through them. I guess we don't hear as well when we are anxious. I was amazed at how much I'd forgotten...I guess we don't remember as well when we are anxious. I was amazed that I could feel even better than I'd felt after the first time going through the tapes...I guess our expectations can be too high and unrealistic and they can be too low and unrealistic. J
I felt so much better after the second time through I thought, "If it feels this good to go through the program twice...I think I'll do it three times!" And I did - go through it and feel even better. I wish for all that you will heed this bit of advice from those that have gone before you.
Joe refers to oranges as a Christmas present. For those that are not familiar with his reference, I spoke of my father's many poor Christmases illustrated by the gift of an orange and 25 cents to purchase a piece of railroad track one year. Joe states, "...it makes me smile thinking about it."
The same experience-viewed from two different angles...how many times must I learn the lesson of perception makes all the difference? I guess as the rule goes: You'll learn the lesson until you learn the lesson.
I held my father's story in a sad-webbed, dark section of my heart. I felt sad for my dad. I felt his loneliness as he trudged through the snow to the hardware store by himself to buy his own Christmas present. I felt guilt for having such present-filled holidays. I felt fortunate but the memory always raised the question of, "Why me? How did I get to be born in this time and in this family and not in a less fortunate time and place?"
Then there is Joe. He heard his father tell the same story but Joe focused on the simplicity of life when an orange was a huge treat. Think of it, a fresh orange in winter, before refrigerated delivery trucks, a fresh Florida orange in snowy Pennsylvania. I wish I'd thought of it that way...thanks for the lesson Joe.
Encouragement
"I am 28 years old and I have been suffering from anxiety for the past 2 years. I went from being an independent, thrill seeker, who loved life to being a scared shell of a human being. I would not leave my home and go anywhere I felt I would be trapped. I hit rock bottom when my husband and sister-in-law took my 3 year-old out for the day and I would not go because I was too scared. My daughter was so disappointed that I did not go with her. I cried that entire day. I cried for her! I cried for me! I cried for my family!
I was on three different medications;...Nothing worked!...I felt drugged all the time. Each time I felt anything, even a chill, I would panic and take (an anti anxiety medication) I was tired constantly. The medicine made me feel numb. I could not smile or cry or love or be angry or happy. I was just there, emotionless.
Jenifer Lynch
I decided to stop the medication for two reasons: 1- I became pregnant...2- feeling anxious was better than feeling nothing.
I prayed and prayed for help. I was just about to settle into a life of misery when I heard your commercial on the radio while I was driving home one day. I knew this was the answer to my prayers. I immediately pulled over and ordered the tapes right there on the side of the road. I was so thankful!
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