Later on, I was talking to Maria about this situation at dinner.  She mentioned to me that what I was doing was a form of self-hypnosis and that doctors actually use this as a common practice when they are faced with a very difficult situation.  Sometimes when doctors are confronted with insurmountable odds they have no choice but to talk themselves through because in their circumstance a human life may be at stake.  Thus, the stakes are high.

The lesson is when confronted by a challenge you are the best person to help yourself through something, just use that little voice it’s pretty powerful – BELIEVE.  Another powerful lesson is draw bigfoot when things get confusing, my friends at school will know what I’m talking about here.  Bigfoot is a metaphor for “Believe”.

-Ni