From Dr. Rick Wren (wren@texoma.net) 5-11-00

Dear Colleagues and Friends, We had a great seminar in Nashville. 
The

Opryland Hotel was huge. I got lost every day in the woods and 
around the

river that was all under a huge glass dome. The seminar had great

energy,enthusiasm, and love. Every seminar has a common topic to 
my innate.

This one was love and relationships. As the topic came up several 
times with

several different people, it reminded me of Annie in Wisconsin.

I flew up to Wisconsin on a Monday night after adjusting over a 
hundred

people to visit with Margaret Mertens. At the time Margaret was 
adjusting

over 200 people a day in a very open concept. It was April of 1993 
and I

wanted to  witness her concept in person before I tore out walls in 
May. I

met Margaret at 7:00 am Tuesday in her office to watch her at 
work. I

witnessed a lot of cool stuff that day that helped me in my vision. 
But one

thing happened that I did not expect. She had 7 adjusting tables out 
in the

front room in full view of the sign in desk. As we walked up to one 
elderly

female patient in the prone position, Margaret laid her hand gently 
on her

back and said " Annie I sense that something is wrong". The 
lady(about 80)

turned her head to the side with big tears running down her cheeks 
and said

" My mother never loved me".              I was just flabbergasted. I 
never

dreamed that someone could go to their grave believing that their 
parents

did not love them. As I was flying home Tuesday afternoon, I kept 
thinking

about Annie.                 Since that time I have realized that  our

experiences between the ages of 8 and 12( give or take a couple of 
years)

greatly impact the rest of lives. Experiences like

divorce,death,suicide,alcoholism,and abuse really have an impact.

In the Clinic environment you will notice patients that will be 
reluctant to

look you in the eyes,shake your hand, or hug openly. Many times you 
will

find out their heart is closed to avoid more pain from other 
humans. The

same individual will open their heart widely to pets, because there 
is no

risk of being hurt by their actions. They have to forgive the person 
that

harmed them or sometimes forgive themselves before they can be 
successful.

You have to love yourself at 110% before your subconscious will 
allow you to

have success or allow you to love others at 110%. That is why so 
many people

that were raised by an alcoholic have rough and rocky 
relationships.

Understanding this Success principle will allow you to better 
understand

others both in your professional and personal life. But it will also 
help

you understand something's about yourself.           Hope to see you 
in

Minneapolis(www.parkerseminars.com).            LLL, Dr. Rick 
Wren(Founder

of Society of  Chiropractic Masters)