January 4, 2010
The Story of Lori
Angry for six years after a broken neck and a broken system, then a letter arrived and gave her a new journey.
I am a woman who has had many great and not-so-great experiences in her life. I feel blessed to have a good job and a wonderful husband, along with my two dogs, Sadie Bug and Daisy Mae (toy fox terriers). I have been through a lot and have been angry about my situation for a while now.
I had degenerative disc disease, like millions of people do, and had surgery done on two of the discs. I waited six weeks before leaving the house. That very day, May 1, 2001, I was in an auto accident in which my neck was broken. My boss asked me not to say I was working, since she was worried about her workers' compensation payments going up, so I did as she asked. Never do that; live and learn.
The next two years I had a C-collar on and learned about the injustices in this world: the insurance companies, the doctor bills, and the lawyers on both sides. The lies told to save a few dollars really upset me. As I started losing the use of my hands and more surgery was necessary to put my neck back into the right formation, I started getting angry at the life I felt was pushed on me by so many people.
I had to ask my parents for $20,000 to get a surgery that had never been performed before, to save my nerves and possibly get the use of my hands back. It worked, and I live differently now, angry and with much pain, though I have good doctors to help me with it. I was beaten down for a while, then I decided life is too important. I managed to maintain decent sales numbers through this three-year ordeal and continued working.
My disillusionment is huge as to what is fair and right, and how I was treated by the lawyers, the man who hit me, and the insurance companies. I ended up being short $90,000 when it was all over. It had been six years, and one day I got a letter in my mailbox about some enlightening literature. Of course I jumped at the chance to learn about Neothink and all it had to offer me.
I am so glad that I did, because I was allowing too much junk to have too much power over me. Now I have started a new journey of a much larger self-discovery than I have ever known. I believe most people have a story; mine may be a bit dramatic, but I feel I am where I belong now, with the Neothinkers of this world.
I see so much that needs to be changed in the political arena, the health arena, and in the ordinary person's idea of what happiness truly is. I believe many people live with an angry heart, still smiling and loving and keeping it together, hiding it well, but to find true happiness you must let this go and look toward a new way of life. The Neothink way leaves me feeling the possibilities are endless, and I feel myself becoming totally engaged in the future of the party. I want to know what I can do to help, and I am only at level one.
Life is changing for me as I write this, and I believe there is not a person out there who does not need to get involved with Neothink, when they are invited or ready, to see what life can really hold for them.
A note to Mr. Hamilton: Mark Hamilton, thank you, and I hope to meet you one day, as you have helped a highly functioning person, as I have been called, overcome some of the issues that have held me back. The doors are just beginning to open to the new life I see for myself. Thank you for bringing this to me. I have no idea how you found me exactly, but I am glad you did.
Lori Gurren, Greater Cincinnati area & Kelleys Islander, Neothinker of the future.
Lightly edited for length and clarity.