CHAPTER : CHURCHES AND CURSES
from BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU PRAY FOR
by LARRY DOSSEY M.D.
(Note: an author who has written about the power of prayer now turns to the power of cursing... pages 26 and 27.)
"When he eventually obtained his Ph.D. in English literature, Richard felt poised for a bright future as a writer. Ten years later, however, none of his work had been accepted for publication and he felt a failure. The rejection slips contained the usual comments about "streaks of brilliance" and "great promise," but something was not clicking, something he could not put his finger on. Richard did not give up. He began to attend writers' conferences and seminars, hoping to remedy flaws in his technique that he could not see. Still nothing worked. Nearing forty, he began to console himself by recalling that many great writers had late beginnings... Following his latest rejection slip from a major publisher, he decided to set his work aside and visit his mother for Christmas.
MOM: "Richard, I know why you haven't become a writer. Since you were a teenager I've prayed to God Every night that he would give you something else to do."
Richard was stunned. "You mean that for twenty-five years you've prayed that I would fail as a writer?" he stammered....Why have you done this?" Richard demanded angrily through tears.
"His mother, too, began to cry, "Richard, I love you. I want only the best for you." Then she said, almost coldly, "Writer reveal things that should not be told - about themselves, about their families. Writers tell secrets that are nobody's business."
Note: Richard went to psychotherapy and began to pray for PROTECTION FROM HIS MOTHER'S PRAYERS. He published a novel with a major publisher three years later.
