The Power of Belief

The following is a story that Paul Harvey told about 35 years ago.

A doctor from Harvard Medical School was making his rounds in the heart ward.  He had 12 interns with him.  They came to the bed of a patient who was in a coma and was expected to die at any moment.  The patient's heart was literally in pieces.  The professor placed his stethoscope on the patient and turned to the interns and said, 'Listen to that beat (which was very erratic)... just listen... to the wholeness.'  

Each of the interns placed their stethoscope on the patient and remarked that they heard what the doctor was talking about.  They continued on their rounds.

The next day the patient came out of the coma... one week later the patient was walking around and two weeks later was checking out.  The professor happened to see the patient and remarked, "You are a real miracle!"

The patient answered, "That's not what you told me doctor."

The doctor remarked, "What did I tell you?"

"When you told me how whole my heart was, and all the other doctors agreed, I thought I was alright."

Now, not only did he think he was all right, but his heart completely rectified itself. He was in a coma! The doctor tells the story so that the young interns know that they don't know everything and are not God. This is the power of our minds and belief. Nothing is impossible.

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