The Promise
Step into a new world.
A world without chronic diseases.Step out of your old world.
It has kept you a prisoner.Try something new.
The prison has no walls. It has only lines. Lines that mark the
ground around you. Inside the lines are your old ideas. Outside
are new ideas that invite you to step over and escape your
prison. Dare to try these new ideas and your illness promises to
recede. In a few weeks it can be gone.
If you are very ill or chronically ill you must have asked
yourself many times: why have these problems chosen me? Will
there never be a way to conquer them?
You may be quite familiar with your doctor's explanation of
your illness or your child's illness. A Coxsackie virus has en-
tered your child's brain causing inflammation (encephalitis)
there. You pray that your child's immunity will overcome it. You
may be familiar, but so very helpless against this microscopic
invader.
If you had the proverbial 3 wishes they would be: 1) please
spare my child's life; 2) please make it so my child doesn't have
permanent damage; 3) please bless and guide the wonderful
doctors and nurses who are keeping the oxygen tent going, and
are watching my child's temperature and vital signs.