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My wife's name is Chris also.

Being optimistic does not assure success in anything but it is almost impossible to be successful if you do not have it.

Recent studies are now showing that our mental attitudes can make us sick and help to make us well. Some ancient cultures understood that even if they did not know exactly why.

When I was 8 I could not swim and my parents had me take lessons at the Dallas Athletic Club. Loved the water but I was afraid of it for some reason. I used to say I can't do this and I can't do that....my instructor got mad at me one day and yelled at me that "there ain't no such word as can't" in a heavy Texas accent. Adults did not have to be polically correct in those days. I did not really understand what he meant or what he was doing but he scared the hell out of me and I did what he asked. 2 years later I was competing on a swimming team and had a respectable career until I was 14 and quit.

That was my first lesson in the power of the mind and it has stayed with me all my life. When I was near death I said I was not ready. When I was totally crippled I said I would not only walk again but I would ski and do all those things I could do before getting sick.

2 years later I am not anywhere near 100% but I skied 16 times this winter and played golf last summer and fall. Life is good again.

I am glad I took "can't" out of my vocabulary so many years ago.

Forgot where you live....I live in the western suburbs of Chicago.

Bill