Dr. Wayne W. Dyer - A Promise is a Promise: An Almost Unbelieveable Story of a Mothers Unconditional Love and What It Can T each Us

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Gifts from Eykis

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No More Holiday Blues

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The Power of Intention

Pulling Your Own Strings

Real Magic

The Skys the Limit

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10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace

What Do You Really Want for Your Children?

Wisdom of the Ages

Youll See It When You Believe It

Your Erroneous Zones

Your Sacred Self

AUDIO PROGRAMS

The Awakened Life

Choosing Your Own Greatness

Everyday Wisdom (audio book)

Freedom Through Higher Awareness

How to Be a No-Limit Person

Its Never Crowded Along the Extra Mile

The Keys to Higher Awareness

101 Ways to Transform Your Life (audio book)

The Power of Intention

A Promise Is a Promise (audio book)

Secrets of Your Own Healing Power

There Is a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem

Transformation

The Universe Within You

Your Journey to Enlightenment (six-tape program)

MEDITATION AUDIO/CD

Meditations for Manifesting: Morning and Evening

Meditations to Literally Create Your Hearts Desire

VIDEOCASSETTES

Creating Real Magic in Your Life

How to Be a No-Limit Person

The Miracle Mindset

What Do You Really Want for Your Children?

CALENDARS

Everyday Wisdom Flip Calendar

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Copyright 1996 by Wayne W. Dyer

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Dyer, Wayne W.

A promise is a promise : An almost unbelievable story of a mothers unconditional love and what it can teach us / Wayne W. Dyer with Marcelene Dyer.

p. cm.

ISBN 1-56170-348-6 (hardcover) 1-56170-872-0 (tradepaper)

1. OBara, Kaye. 2. CaregiversFloridaBiography. 3. Coma-PatientsHome care. 4. Love. 5. Mothers and daughters.

I. Dyer, Marcelene. II. Title.
RB150.C60223 1996
362.19684dc20
[B]

96-9125
CIP

ISBN 13: 978-1-56170-872-7
ISBN 10: 1-56170-872-0

10 09 08 07 16 15 14 13
1st Printing, August 1996
13th Printing, January 2007

Printed in the United States of America

This book is dedicated in awe to:
The Holy Family,
to:
One of Gods holy families, the OBaras
(Joe, Kaye, Edwarda, Colleen, and Ricky),
and to:
A saint with a stethoscope,
Louis Chaykin, M.D.

Contents

I have read many definitions of love. My favorite by far is quite simple: Love is the art of giving. It asks nothing in return. Using this as my working definition, you are about to read an authentic love story.

This is not a novel with characters who fall in love in a romantic fashion. This is not a story with a plot that winds its way through literary channels to a clever conclusion. What you hold in your hand is a book about unconditional love. Each page represents a real-life, day-to-day commitment to giving and serving in the highest sense of love that I can imagine.

I have made no effort to follow any rules of literary presentation. I did not resort to any filler material to lengthen the manuscript or to engage the reader in extraneous details of this remarkable story.

What I have done is to relate, as directly and simply as possible, the story of a level of giving to another human being that is unknown to most of us. It is my impression that when the art of giving becomes absolutely unconditional, as it is with Kaye OBara, we will come to know the meaning of this quotation from A Course in Miracles: If you knew who walks beside you on the way that you have chosen, fear would be impossible.

I place the emphasis on the word knew. To know is to have the direct experience and to have banished all doubt. Kaye knows that she is not alone. She knows that her daughter is also participating in the way that she has chosen. This knowing has permitted Kaye to serve unconditionally for over a quarter of a century, and it has made visible the divine intervention of the Holy Family.

But even more than this is the fact that all of us who read of Kayes devotion and unflappable service are enriched immeasurably.

In the context of love being the art of giving and asking nothing in return, we are all assured that this kind of love is not just for fiction writers or reserved for those who have been deified. This kind of love is here and now. It is taking place among us, while the rest of us go about the business of our daily lives.

The story of Kaye and Edwarda OBara is indeed a love story that transcends our own experiences of love. It reminds us to look within and see where we can give unconditionally.

I have written this book to fulfill my own commitment to giving unconditionally in my own life. Furthermore, it is my intention to introduce you to these divine people through the pages of this book, while simultaneously providing you with some insights on what you can learn from becoming aware of this story. And finally, it is my intention to remove the onus of debt that has choked at the life force of the OBaras for this past quarter of a century, by having the royalties go directly to Kaye and Edwarda.

As you read this short book, be aware of the power of your prayers, as well as your compassion in helping out these sacred souls. As you extend this compassion toward the OBaras, remember to do the same for everyone on our planet as well. This, to me, is the lesson of Edwardas long silenceto teach all of us to extend love unconditionally in every corner of our world, and to do it without asking anything for ourselves in return. Perhaps as the world takes on this challenge, Edwardas role as a victim soul will become complete. I pray it is so.