Wyatt Webb - What To Do When You Dont Know What To Do: Common Horse Sense

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Copyright 2006 by Wyatt Webb

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Webb, Wyatt.
What to do when you dont know what to do : common horse sense /
Wyatt Web.
p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-1-4019-0790-7 (tradepaper)
ISBN-10: 1-4019-0790-3 (tradepaper)
1. Fear. 2. Self-doubt. 3. Self-confidence. 4. Spirituality. I. Title.
BF575.F2W43 2006
158.1--dc22
2005033870

ISBN 13: 978-1-4019-0790-7
ISBN 10: 1-4019-0790-3
13 12 11 10 6 5 4 3
1st printing, July 2006
3rd printing, March 2010
Printed in the United States of America

Contents

JUST WHEN I THOUGHT ID BEATEN THE DEVIL, I was proven wrong once again.

For as long as I can remember, Ive always wanted to get away with something, but Ive never been able to do so. On November 19, 2001, I was finally convinced of the universal law of cause and effect.

For those of us who live in Tucson, Arizona, its not often that we look outside our windows and see a puddle of water. Tucson gets about 11 inches of rain per year, most of which falls during the six-week monsoon season in July and early August. On that November day, I looked outside and noticed standing water against the retaining wall in my front yard. Upon further investigation, I discovered that somewhere underneath, inside the plumbing system, there was quite a large leak.

I called a friend of mine who does a lot of the work around my home, and he came right over. He proceeded to dig up the wet area and quickly discovered a broken pipe in obvious need of repair. On that particular day he had a limited amount of time, so he repaired the broken pipe but had to leave before refilling the hole. I told him to go ahead; Id take care of it myself.

I was almost finished filling in the hole and had gone around to the backyard to get the hose and wash down the sidewalk. Suddenly, it felt like the biggest elephant in Africa was standing in the middle of my chest. Id never experienced pain like that before and immediately knew it had something to do with my heart.

My wife, Carin, came outside at that moment and saw me leaning against the wall. I told her that something was very wrong. She asked me to sit down, so I did. After a few minutes, I got up and went inside the house to lie down on the bed. Nothing seemed to help, so we called 911.

When the emergency-response crew didnt get there immediately, I began to get more frightened, so we jumped into the car and headed toward urgent care, meeting the ambulance on the way. At urgent care, the staff immediately put me on a gurney, rolled me into an examining room, and upon hearing my symptoms, gave me nitroglycerin. I realized that they dont give you that for sinus problems; thus, my suspicions about my heart were confirmed. They worked with me for quite some time before transferring me to the emergency room at a nearby hospital.

The fear that I experienced while lying on that gurney was unlike any that Id ever known before, and I began to look at it closely. Although I had no idea how severe my condition was, I felt a calmness about what was going on. Id said for some time that I had no fear of dying, and I realized at that point that it was true. (This had been the case a great deal of my life; most of my fears have been associated with living.) Yet, as I looked at Carin, I became aware of how much I wanted to stay on this planet and spend more time with her. I also realized that there were things I hadnt finished doing in my work, and I wanted to finish them. Most important, I knew Id been put in touch with my mortality. I suddenly knew that it was possible for me to leave this life at any given moment, and it became clearer than ever that I had some choices to make about how I live my life.

Before I go any further, let me say a few words about my doctor. Id been assigned one cardiologist, but a man with a different name showed up. When Dr. Gregory Koshkarian put his hand on my shoulder and looked into my eyes for the first time, I just knew I was going to be all right. The sound of his voice, the way he touched my shoulder, how he treated Carineverything he did within those first few minutesassured me that I was in excellent hands. I later found out that he was one of the premier cardiologists in Tucson and that he possessed superior technical skills, but in those first few minutes, none of that mattered. He appeared to have the soul of a healer, and I trusted him immediately.