(Keith is now at age of 36, he maintains perfect vision because his uncle Otis forced him to use plus lens at his early age of childhood)
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----- Original Message -----
From:
Otis Brown
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 1:14 PM
Subject: Thanks!
Dear Steve,
I think you are courageous to begin a process to
help your own daughter.
Think of her first -- that is why I prepared the
book.
If you can help others -- that would be great.
Here is some commentary on the issue of motivation
for NEARSIGHTEDNESS PREVENTION -- very difficult for most people.
Keith realized this with my "now-or-never" speech
when he was at the 20/40 level -- at age 13.
Best,
Otis
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Subject: Success depends on motivation and understanding. Date: Saturday, March 02, 2002 12:47 AM
Dear Keith,
Re: Your write-up on frustrations of attempting
to help people.
Thanks for your write up on your
health-training work. As
you said, it very difficult to motivate people to do anything -- even when they can directly benefit from the effort.
There are no easy answers to the question of
helping people.
We all have our own internal "gyroscope" 旋轉儀 that decides what we will do.
When I considered Jacob Raphaelson's
situation, I realized
that his advice would always fall on deaf ears. I also realized that I would probably waste my time if I tried to help anyone understand the issues involved.
But I said -- what the hell -- if I don't
have the courage to
think straight, even if everyone around me tells me I am wrong -- then I do not respect myself. For me, the issue is one of personal honor, to tell a hard truth under very difficult circumstances.
But how I longed for the help that Jacob
Raphaelson could
have provided -- and if only I had the intelligence and motivation to work on his recommendation -- when my effort could have been successful.
But how would I get that motivation at a very
young age. Who would push me for the long-term visual benefit? Could I learn
to push myself by strong use of plus lens??
If I knew now what had to be done -- and had
the necessary
support to do it -- I might have been able to do it successfully.
It is very clear that the minus lens will
drive all eyes into nearsighedness. A lens that will make you nearsighted in the first place can hardly be the lens that "solves" the problem of nearsightedness.
Why can't we be clear in our minds about this
simple
statement? The experimental data is very clear on that point.
If you lack the motivation to think that
way, then you will
probably lack the motivation to use the plus lens properly.
I am reasonably convinced that a person who
is at 20/70 (nearsightedness of -1.00D), and makes very heavy use of a plus
lens, can gradually clear his distant vision to 20/40 or better -- if he
makes the attempt.
The problem is -- most people will quit after 3 or
4 days. Why? Zero motivation.
Does this disprove the concept? No, it proves
that zero motivation will never solve any problems.
Thanks, Keith, for your insights. I know you
"worked" the
plus lens issue -- because you could verify the results yourself, I believe that you will have a better life because of your own intelligence about this very difficult matter. Best,
Otie
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