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