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He cannot see into his body. Frank’s diagnosis of the beneficial changes in muscles, ligaments and strength, is quite accurate, though even he is unable to deduce such other deeper changes.
These actually continue, whether Ruburt wakes or sleeps. The body now sees to it that it moves. In sleep often new motions are tried out. This may be momentarily disturbing simply because he wants to sleep through—but the body is roused on purpose. He is trusting the implied, the invisible world of the mind, waiting for definite improvements in walking. This is natural enough.
Because you cannot see the inside workings of the body, you concentrate upon other improvements, and if they are not of a grand-enough nature, it is easy to become discouraged. The body does not follow your logical thought, however. Ruburt would want to walk correctly now, of course, and then to have his arms straightened, or his posture gradually improved. The body, however, in its own wisdom brings about overall adjustments that then become specifically apparent, and these are often minute—but vital.
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The legs have straightened—that is, the ligaments and muscles have, and to some considerable degree. It is not noticeable as it could be because they are, the legs, still in a process of change that involves the entire body. That is why he noticed the change for the better in bed, when he tried stretching his legs with no weight upon them.
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Ruburt does not feel blue now “for no reason” as he often did. It is natural enough to feel blue if you hurt, but this is something different from an overall glum inner climate. He actively enjoys his food. The texture of his body is becoming more youthful. The ligaments, joints and muscles are gaining flexibility.
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