So I think we all have moments throughout our life that, often times, almost seem to transcend space and time.

One of those days was actually this day back in 2002.. August 21 2002

I'll never forget the day.

The week before, I had taken a job as an associate chiropractor at Bigbie Chiropractic down in Lexington, South Carolina, outside of Columbia, and it was going great.

I owe Dr. Bigbie a debt of gratitude. He definitely is part of the reason I'm the chiropractor in today.

It was a very big, very busy office.

I think he had just lost an associate, so I was the only other associate there, and Dr. Bigbie was doing all the adjusting because he had a rule...

And it made sense to me...his rule was: you're not touching a patient until I say you're ready to adjust my patients.

I was really green. I was really raw. I had had an office in Greenville that I had to close, and I had to take a job, so I didn't have a ton of experience adjusting people. I was okay at some adjustments, but I was probably not even a good adjuster, definitely not a great adjuster, like I am today.

It was a Wednesday and we worked 8-12, 2-6:30. I had a nice lunch break, and all was great. In the morning was busy.

Good things were happening at the office.

I get back from lunch, and his wife, Mary Beth told us that Dr Bigbie fell and hit his head, and he was at the hospital. It wasn't anything major, but he got a concussion. So he was at the hospital.

She had come back to the office just to figure out what they're going to do that afternoon.

And she was like, "Well, what are we going to do? Should we close? Or Dr. Geran, do you want to take the afternoon see how it goes?"

And I was like, "well, it doesn't make sense to close... just let me adjust the patients."

This is I feel like when I actually became a chiropractor.

I think we probably saw, I forget the exact number, but between 2:30 and 6:30 we probably saw between 60 and 70 people. I had probably never adjusted more than I don't know, five or maybe 10 people in a day when I was practicing before.

So here I was. Didn't even know most of these patients. Had to introduce myself to most of them.

And the afternoon went great.

Did everybody love my adjustment? Of course not. Did most people do great with my adjustments that day? Yeah.

I came in and saved the day. But more importantly, I realized how much fun it is to adjust patients and to adjust a high volume of patients. It was truly an amazing afternoon.

And then the next day, on Thursday, we worked 2-6:30 Dr. Bigbie was out that day too, and I took that afternoon too, and probably saw another 60 or 70 people that afternoon.

And from then on, I was off to the races as a chiropractor.

That office was great, and I truly valued my time working for Dr Bigbie at his office, but that was the moment that I will never forget. Those two shifts that I saw a ton of people.

I realized "I can do this, and I can be pretty good at it".

The lesson for you...

You may have moments in your life that stand out, and sometimes it is a very good idea to reflect on those.

One of the things that I practice is based on the book Psychocybernetics.

One of the exercises it has had me doing for years is this thing called Theater of the Mind visualization.

And what that means is you go back and relive the previous successes, positive moments, positive memories from your past. Feel those emotions, and then take that emotion and see and visualize a goal you have in front of you that you want to achieve.

That's one of the core things that I use.

And this day is one of the core moments that I use if I want to go back and relive positive memories and visualize positive memories. On August 21 I always think about that day, and always think about all those people I got to adjust. It was a blessing that day.

So anyways, you should think about and go back and relive some of your old positive memories.

It really does fill you with good feelings and gratitude.

Go back and relive them.

Here endeth the lesson!