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The lack of confidence is what you must both work at, and the old habits of thought. Ruburt is back at writing again, which is excellent. When I make recommendations, such as the library, I make them with the knowledge of their implications, and their importance in the entire picture. This is not an original statement, but the past only has the power that you give it.

(10:40.) You are doing fairly well, but you can do better by far.

Give us a moment.... I want to stress that nothing is wrong with Ruburt’s physical body except for applied tension. The feelings of relaxation and mobility can frighten him—though they do so far less than previously, and less often. The entire body is releasing tension. It is important that both of you stress the safeness of the procedure. The massager is very beneficial now, for his body is pliable enough now to respond—but more, as he used it recently the intent to relax is there. The mechanical aid is good: he is safely seated, and he has also used the occasion to relax his mind.

You have not thought it would have an effect. I am not telling you to take responsibility for Ruburt’s progress at all, but saying that it is certainly to your advantage, and his, that you exert more energy there in terms of active encouragement. There will be times when you are discouraged, each of you, but when one has confidence at any time, the other can use it. It is that one area where each of you believed you had no power to change events, and that belief could impede your progress, at least, even when both of you want a change.