| When I became a clinical hypnotherapist | | | | beginning my tears were spent in sorrow, |
| I saw hundreds of clients for problems | | | | but gradually I began to change and the |
| such as weight loss, smoking, phobias, | | | | tears eventually became tears of joy as |
| and other personal problems. Sometimes | | | | I realized how wonderful each one of |
| a weight loss client would come in for | | | | them was. |
| therapy and the sessions would be quite | | | | They often spoke of their lives and |
| simple and orderly. We'd talk about | | | | efforts as failures, but as an outside |
| eating habits and that is what we would | | | | observer with inside information |
| treat for. | | | | supplied by them, I could see their |
| But just as often, a client would come | | | | perfection. As we dealt with the |
| in and during the session begin to tell | | | | struggle between their rational |
| his or her most intimate thoughts and | | | | conscious mind and emotional |
| feelings. Fears, sadness, and inner | | | | subconscious, we sometimes got a glimpse |
| struggles would often be revealed to me. | | | | of their own higher self, what I call |
| I began to understand the truth in the | | | | "Loved Ones." I believe it was the same |
| saying that many men (and women) lead | | | | higher self that Abraham Lincoln called, |
| lives of quiet desperation. I also | | | | "The angels of our better nature." |
| began to see that each one of them in | | | | The next time you see an obese person, a |
| his or her own way was doing the best he | | | | smoker, alcoholic, or anyone dealing |
| or she could to deal with the inner | | | | with a personal behavioral issue, please |
| struggles and fear and pain. | | | | look beyond and see the divine spark we |
| As they poured their hearts out to me, | | | | each have within us. We may not be |
| their tears often flowed. Though I | | | | angels, but we can be angelic just by |
| didn't weep in front of them, I | | | | acknowledging the Higher Self in each of |
| sometimes wept after they were gone and | | | | our fellow humans. |
| I was alone in my quiet office. In the | | | | |