Wayne Dyer was diagnosed with leukemia and spent weeks blaming his past. Then he looked in the mirror and decided to become the guy who beats it, telling himself "I'm going to be strong with leukemia." Four months later, he says he's happier than ever. The leukemia didn't change. His mind did.
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I remember Wayne Dyer when he got diagnosed with leukemia. Then he said, man, why do I have leukemia? It's because I drank when I was young and didn't take care of my body. And he said he went weeks just like, why do I have this? One day he looked in the mirror and goes, oh, why am I thinking that? He goes, I'm going to be the crazy guy who beats leukemia. And he started telling himself all these things like, look at me, I'm going to be strong with leukemia. I'm going to prove to everybody they can live with leukemia. And in the moment, his mind shifted. He was saying that he'd been living now for 4 months with leukemia and he's happier than he'd ever been in his life. The leukemia diagnosis didn't change. His perception did.