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justdumb."Thisdislikeforthepainfulcircumstancespresentedbya
classroomsituationreflecteditselfinKaren'srefusalofanofferfrom
herparentstosendhertocollege. Karenwasdeterminedthatshe
wouldnotputherselfinanotherclassroomsituationanddecidedto
findajobthatwouldallowher"tokeephermouthshut."
Shefoundajobwithanationalcompanyasasewingmachine
operator. Karen had kept that samejob for five years and was
employed withthatcompanywhenshecametoseeme. Shehad
receivedincreasesinsalary,butneverincreasesin responsibility.
DespitethefactthatKarenknewtheoperationsofherdepartment
insideout, itwasobviousthat shewouldneverbepromotedtoa
positionsupervisor,sincethatpositionmeantaneededabilityfor
verbalcommunication.Verbalcommunicationornot,Karenhadhad
it! Shewasboredwithdoingthesamethingdayinanddayoutand
hadalsobeguntorealizethatthewasteofherfinemindwouldonly
makehermoreunhappy.Shewaswillingtodoanythingnecessaryin
ordertobecuredfromherstutteringandshewantedtostartright
away.
Karen's eagernesswas agreat helpto me inhelpingher to
understand thescientificfactsbehindthemiracleofmetaphysical
healing. ShetookthesheetsofpaperIhadgivenheroutliningthe
step-by-stepmethodbywhichthemiracleofmetaphysicalhealing
would be introduced into her lifefor the purpose of curing her
stuttering and the underlying nervous tension that causedit and
promisedtocarryouttheexercisefaithfullythreetimesaday.She
was tokeep me posted ofher progressand she was touse the
telephoneinordertodothis.
OneweekafterourfirstmeetingKarentelephonedmeandit
waseasytorecognizefromlisteningtoherthatherstutteringproblem
hadalreadygreatlyimproved.Herwordsflowedmuchmoreeasily
andthepauseswerenotquitesofrequentastheyhadbeenatourfirst
meeting.Shewouldcontinuetheexercisesandkeepmeuptodate.
ThenexttelephonecallIreceivedfromKarencametwoweeks
afterherfirstcall. IfIhadnotknown ofherprevious stuttering
problem,Ineverwouldhaveguessedthatsheeversufferedsucha
situation.Herwordsflowedfreelyandtherewerenopausesthatwere
obviouslypainfultimesofsearchforadequatevocalexpression.
"Howaboutthis!Isn'titwonderful?Ihaven'tstutteredinten
days.Thismayseemsillytoyou,buttwonightsagoIrecitedthe
GettysburgAddressformyfamilyanddiditwithoutoncestuttering.
"Thankyousomuchforsharingthemiracleofmetaphysical