Hi Richard,
For those who were bored by my last writing, I congratulate you as you probably have a good handle of life.
A lot of people believe that time could cure one's sadness automatically. It is really a myth. The truth is that sorrow, like a wound in your body, could be life-threatening if it is not properly treated after times. Below is a real story for your thoughts.
Gene Gilbert, a British Tennis star, died in a dentist chair when the dentist was about to extract her tooth. Thirty years prior to this event, when she was little, she had accompanied her mother to a dentist. Mother was getting her tooth extracted. Most unusual complications occurred and the little girl saw her mother die in the dentist's chair. The fear struck her heart with the thought that one day she too would die in a dentist's chair. Gene Gilbert continued to draw the picture of her dying in a dentist's chair. Her thoughts became a reality for her. Her fear became so real to her that she wouldn't go to a dentist. It didn't matter how bad her dental problem was and how much pain she suffered, she just wouldn't go. Finally, the pain became unbearable, and she had to give in to see a dentist. The dentist came to her home to extract the problem tooth. Her minister and her physician were standing by her side to comfort her and reassure her against her fears. The dentist put a bib around her neck and began to take out the instruments. She died at the sight of the instruments before they were even brought to her mouth.
The London Daily Mirror which published the story stated that "Gene Gilbert died of thirty years of thought!"
Richard, how could Gene possibly save her own life thirty years later after seeing her mother died in the dentist's chair? If you were her, how would you face the fear?
With love, Patrick