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money. Within
    a period of three months my spine curved into a severe case of
    scoliosis, which necessitated surgery. Because of my spine’s al-
    tered structure, I developed an enlarged heart and decreased lung
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    capacity as well. The surgery was dramatic and lifesaving—com-
    plete with rods and screws.
    I remember walking down Longwood Avenue in Boston be-
    fore the surgery, looking up at the tall medical buildings and say-
    ing to anyone who would listen, “Someday, I’m going to come
    back here, and I’m going to study medicine and science.” That
    surgery changed my future. The doctors saved my life by using
    medicine; as a result, I became a physician and a scientist so I, too,
    could save people’s lives.
    But life has a way of not working out exactly the way we ex-
    pect it to. As a pre-med student, I developed narcolepsy that made
    my consciousness—my intellect—go on the blink. I couldn’t stay
    awake in my classes. It looked like my dreams of being a doctor
    and a scientist were going down the drain. They simply weren’t
    going to materialize because I couldn’t keep my grades up if I
    couldn’t keep my eyes open.
    So again I turned to medicine. And again the doctors helped;
    they found a drug that would keep me awake. But I soon had to
    stop taking it because of a life-threatening side effect. Sadly, my
    dependable world of medicine had nothing else to help me.
    This development launched a series of voyages into other heal-
    ing methods. I tried one after another: alternative, complementary,
    integrative—you name it. I tried Chinese herbs, acupuncture, and
    even a macrobiotic healing diet for three years. All these methods
    helped me somewhat, but none completely worked in my quest to
    stay awake.
    A wonderful thing that came out of this exploration was that
    I learned, through seeking help from a medical intuitive, about
    my brain’s facility for intuition. Out of desperation, I also went
    to a shaman, who told me that when I learned how to access my
    intuition, my health problems would get better.
    But all these advisors could only take me so far. There was
    one element of my health that was not being addressed—my emo-
    tions! I had begun to see a pattern developing. I found that if I was
    angry about something for a very long time, or if I was around irri-
    tating, angry people, my narcolepsy would act up and I would end
    up falling asleep—against my will—within 24 to 48 hours. Believe
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    me, I timed it; it was always 24 to 48 hours. And I figured out
    that if I was nervous about something, or around anxious, high-
    strung people, I would eventually start feeling sleepy. Lights out!
    The same thing was true for people who were sad or depressed.
    One day I walked into a bookstore and found Louise’s little
    blue book. While I had seen that certain thought patterns were
    associated with illness, I didn’t know how to use this knowledge
    to get healthy—other than to avoid certain people or situations,
    which just isn’t practical in the long run. But Louise’s book of-
    fered me the tools I needed to neutralize the negative thought
    patterns that I knew were contributing to my health problems:
    affirmations!
    It was certainly worth a try. Conventional, alternative, and
    complementary medicines were all helping some, but not com-
    pletely, and avoiding someone else’s emotions or my own was get-
    ting exhausting. So I got out a notebook, and with some choice
    pens started writing specific affirmations that seemed to be associ-
    ated with my health problems:
    I choose to see life as eternal and joyous. I love myself just the
    way I am. I love myself just the way I am.
    I, Mona Lisa, rely on Divine wisdom and guidance to protect
    me at all times. I am safe.
    I, Mona Lisa, rely on Divine wisdom and guidance to protect
    me at all times. I am