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My mother loves me more than anything and always has. She spent my early years chasing me out the door before my dad returned home. While she remained there, absorbing his wrath, I cruised the streets with free rein. From those experiences one could easily understand had I turned out to be one of society’s undesirables. But I didn’t. Many who knew the situation have wondered why. I have often asked myself why I enjoy wearing the white hat when it comes to pursuing causes and earning a living. My mom tried her best to teach me values but quite frankly didn’t get much time for that pursuit. I left home at an early age, often calling her as I knocked around the country. I didn’t have much of a grip on the rudder, but the throttle sure kept me occupied. I know it weighed heavily on her, but she never spouted judgment, just support.

When I was about 24, I had been sending my mother speculative but very positive news during a sequence of contacts between us. One morning I called her from California with what I thought was great news that she would enjoy. I told her a friend had given me a cassette tape about six months prior. Laughing as I talked, I explained that at first I didn’t listen to it and tried to throw it out several times, but the tape seemed to keep hanging around and popping up. I said that I finally listened to it and hadn’t been able to stop listening to it ever since. The man’s voice on the tape seemed to send me into some dreamy state of bliss. I told her I had bought the whole series of tapes and wanted her to listen to them. My mother’s a born-again Christian and very leery of “false prophets.” She asked me for the name of the person who did the tapes. I told her Earl Nightingale. She instantly started crying intensely. I asked her if he had a bad message. She replied, “Enjoy your tapes, Stephen. He has a very good message.”

I had no idea what was happening ... do you?

What you are about to read holds the answers. See if you can ease the mystery before I finish the story at the end of the book. And while you are looking, what does it have to do with health?