* 約爾·歐斯丁核心訊息的心理學轉化:「你不是被你的過去定義,你是被你的未來定義。」(You are not defined by your past; you are prepared by your past.)上帝與生命的恩典,不需要你先拿到 5A9+ 或清華畢業證書才配得。你現在活著、呼吸著,就已經具備了重新開始的資格。
科學與靈性在你的生命中達成了完美的交會。現代表觀遺傳學(Epigenetics)與神經塑性(Neuroplasticity)證明:你的 DNA 不是你的宿命。高強度創傷心理治療(EMDR、軀體體驗)、正念著陸與靈性重育,能夠直接解開你體內因長期家暴與高壓而過度甲基化的焦慮基因(NR3C1 / FKBP5),讓你的杏仁核自動冷卻,讓你的迷走神經重獲平靜。
> “When you wake up in the morning, before you get out of bed, before you check your cell phone, before you start thinking about all your problems, make it a habit to say: 'Lord, thank You for another day of life. Thank You for Your goodness, Your mercy, and Your protection.' What you do in the very first minutes of your morning sets the climate for the rest of your day. If you start with 'Thank You, God,' you are opening the door for His favor to surround you until you go to sleep.”
> “If you start your morning complaining—'I’m so tired, traffic is going to be terrible, I hate this job'—you are setting a negative, defeated tone. You are inviting lack and stress. But when you start with an utterance of thanksgiving, you are taking control of your day before the day takes control of you. Say, 'Father, thank You that I have breath in my lungs. Thank You that I have a purpose today.' Gratitude isn't just a polite gesture; it's a spiritual weapon that clears the air for victory.”
> “Anyone can thank God after the medical report comes back clean, after the loan gets approved, or after the crisis is over. That doesn't take faith; that’s just common sense. But real faith—the faith that moves mountains—thanks God before you see the answer. When you are still in pain, when your bank account is low, when the door seems shut, that is when you need to say, 'Lord, thank You that my healing is en route. Thank You that You are turning this around. Thank You that You already have the solution.'”
> “Stop praying the same desperate prayer for twenty years. Ask God once, and from that moment on, every time the situation comes back to your mind, turn your petition into praise. Don't say, 'God, please help me, please fix my kids.' Instead, say, 'Father, thank You that You heard me the first time. Thank You that You are working behind the scenes. Thank You that my breakthrough is coming.' Praise turns your waiting room into a classroom of growth.”
> “Complaining and thanksgiving cannot exist in the same heart at the same time. One will always drive out the other. Complaining attracts dark, negative energy; thanksgiving attracts the blessings of Heaven. Look at your vocabulary. Do you say, 'I have to go to work today, I have to cook dinner, I have to take care of these crying kids'? Change one word, and it changes your whole life: change 'have to' to 'get to.'”
> “Say: 'I get to go to work today, because millions are unemployed. I get to cook dinner, because I have food in my pantry. I get to take care of these children, because God trusted me with their lives.' The moment you shift your vocabulary to 'get to,' you transform what felt like a heavy burden into a privilege. Gratitude changes your optics.”
> “We spend so much time praying for big, earth-shattering miracles that we walk right past thousands of quiet miracles every day. Can you walk on your own two feet today? That's a miracle! Did you wake up with your mind sound and clear? That's a miracle! Can you taste your coffee, see the sunset, or hug a loved one? Don't take those things for granted. When you start thanking God for the ordinary, your everyday life becomes extraordinary.”
> “Have you ever thanked God for what didn't happen? Thank Him for the accidents He prevented that you knew nothing about, for the diseases that didn't touch your body, for the toxic relationships He closed the door on to protect your future. So many times, God's greatest mercy is not what He gives us, but what He keeps from destroying us. Make it a habit to say, 'Lord, thank You for Your unseen protection. Thank You for fighting battles for me that I didn't even know were raging.'”
> “Thanksgiving shouldn't just be a holiday on the calendar or a five-minute prayer on Sunday morning; it needs to be the very oxygen you breathe. All day long, under your breath, keep a song of gratitude going. Driving in the heavy traffic, say, 'Lord, thank You for Your peace.' Walking into a high-stakes meeting, say, 'Father, thank You that You give me wisdom.' Washing the dishes, say, 'Thank You, God, for providing for my home.'”
> “When gratitude becomes your default lifestyle, anxiety loses its foothold. You can't be stressed and genuinely thankful at the same time. You can't be bitter about who hurt you when you are busy thanking God for who is lifting you up. Gratitude is the key that unlocks the door to a joyful, unshakeable life.”
> “Depression is not who you are; it’s just something you’re going through. It’s a season, not a lifetime sentence. Too many people make the mistake of wearing depression like a permanent nametag. They say, ‘I’m just a depressed person, my mother was depressed, my family has a history of mental struggles.’ No, don't own that dark shadow. Don't build a monument to your pain. You may be in a dark valley right now, but you are passing through the valley—you are not meant to build a house there.”
> “Do not let the Enemy convince you that because you are fighting depression, you are weak, faithless, or broken beyond repair. Some of the greatest men and women in the Bible fought deep darkness. Elijah sat under a broom bush and prayed to die. David cried out until his throat was dry and his bed was soaked with tears. Feeling depressed does not mean you have failed; it simply means you are human and you’ve been in a heavy battle. But hear me clearly: the battle is not the end of your story.”
> “Depression thrives on isolation and rumination. It loves it when you pull the blinds, lock yourself in a dark room, and play the tape of every mistake, every rejection, and every loss over and over again in your mind. The moment you enter that dark room of your mind, depression feeds on your energy. You have to learn to interrupt that thought pattern. You cannot control every thought that pops into your head, but you have full authority over which thoughts you allow to sit down and order a meal in your mind.”
> “When the spirit of heaviness comes on you and says, ‘You’re never going to get over this, you’ll be depressed for the rest of your life,’ do not agree with it. Agreement gives power to the dark thoughts. Immediately shoot back with a statement of hope: ‘No, this is temporary. My joy is coming in the morning. God is restoring my soul.’ You have to talk to your mind more than you listen to your mind. If you only listen to your thoughts when you’re down, your mind will lead you straight into a pit.”
> “When you are fighting depression, one of the hardest things to do—and yet the most powerful thing to do—is to physically move. Depression wants to paralyze you. It tells you, ‘Stay in bed, don’t take a shower, don’t answer the phone, don’t go outside.’ But physical action breaks spiritual paralysis. I tell people all the time: get up, take a warm shower, put on some nice clothes, open the blinds, and let the sunlight in! Even if you have to drag yourself, take a walk down the block.”
> “Motion creates emotion. If you sit slouched in a dark corner with your head down, your body language is sending signals to your brain that say, ‘We are defeated, we are hopeless.’ But when you lift your head, pull your shoulders back, look up at the sky, and take a deep breath, your body is signaling to your spirit that you are ready to fight back. You can’t wait until you feel like getting up; you have to get up, and then the feeling will catch up with your obedience.”
> “Depression makes your universe very small. It shrinks your entire vision down to one single point: your pain, your fatigue, your disappointment. The longer you stare at your own pain, the deeper the despair gets. The ultimate key to breaking out of that prison is to expand your universe by helping someone else. Go find somebody who is hurting worse than you are. Go volunteer at a shelter, encourage a friend, mow the lawn for an elderly neighbor.”
> “When you become an answer to someone else’s prayer, God will become the answer to yours. You cannot pour out fresh water into someone else’s life and stay dry yourself. Healing flows through you when you become a conduit of love. Every time you lift someone else up, you are taking a sledgehammer to the walls of your own depression.”
> “When I first started preaching, I was consumed with self-consciousness. I thought, 'What if I mess up? What if I forget my words? What if they don't like my voice?' I was so focused on me that I was literally sick to my stomach every Sunday. But then I realized: as long as your focus is on yourself, you will always be nervous and insecure. I had to intentionally shift my focus. I said, 'Joel, stop thinking about how you're performing, and start thinking about how you can help the person in the third row who is hurting.' The moment your focus shifts from self-preservation to serving others, love casts out all fear.”
> “Fear feeds on self-absorption. When you're worrying about what people think of you, you're trapped in your own world. But love shifts the camera angle. Love says, 'It's not about me; it's about giving hope to someone else.' You cannot be focused on helping someone else and be paralyzed by fear at the same time.”
> “When my dad passed away, all I could focus on was the void. I walked into his office and saw his empty chair, and my heart just sank. I kept thinking, 'He's gone. My best friend is gone. How can we possibly go on?' I was drowning in grief because my mind was zoomed in on what was taken away from me. Then, in the quietness of my heart, I heard that still, small voice say, 'Joel, stop focusing on what you lost, and start focusing on what you have left.' That single mental shift saved my life.”
> “You can't move forward in life if you're constantly looking in the rearview mirror. As long as you focus on the closed door, you'll miss the new door that God is opening right in front of you. What’s behind you is not nearly as important as what’s in front of you. Shift your view from the loss to the legacy.”
> “Whatever you focus on, you magnify. If you focus on your problems, your problems will grow bigger in your mind. If you focus on your poverty, your lack will dominate your life. But if you focus on God's promises, if you focus on your potential, those things will expand. Stop talking to God about how big your mountains are, and start talking to your mountains about how big your God is!”
> “Your mind is like a magnifying glass. If you leave it on the hot sun and focus it on a dry leaf, it will catch fire. If you focus all your mental energy on how bad your diagnosis is, how terrible the economy is, or how unfair your boss was, you are setting fire to your own peace. You have to learn to adjust your lens. Zoom out from the struggle, and zoom in on the solution.”
> “Life is too short to live it focused on who hurt you, who disrespected you, or what didn't work out. When you hold onto past offenses, you are allowing the person who hurt you in the past to continue hurting you in the present. Shift your focus off the hurt, and put it on the healing. Forgive them—not because they deserve it, but because you deserve to be free.”
> “Every morning when you wake up, you have a limited amount of emotional energy for that day. You can spend it focusing on what's wrong, worrying about the future, or dwelling on past mistakes. Or you can spend that energy focusing on the fact that you have breath in your lungs, that you have a purpose, and that today is a gift. What you focus on determines your future.”
> “He called me from his hospital bed and said, 'Joel, I need you to preach for me this Sunday.' I said, 'No, Daddy, I can't do that. You know I'm not a preacher; I'm a behind-the-scenes guy.' But he sounded so frail and weak. My mind was screaming no, but my heart said yes.”
> “I wore my father's shoes that Sunday. They were a size too big, but I felt like I needed to step into his shoes, literally and figuratively. My legs were shaking so violently that I thought the people in the front row could see my pants moving. When he listened to the cassette tape of that sermon from his bed, he called me and said, 'Joel, that was your best message yet.' I thought, 'Daddy, that was my ONLY message!' But those turned out to be some of the last words he ever spoke to me.”
> “When my father passed away, it felt like a dark cloud descended over our family and our church. He wasn't just my dad; he was my best friend, my hero, and my mentor. For 35 years, he was the anchor of my life. Suddenly, the anchor was gone, and I felt completely lost at sea.”
> “I sat in my room thinking, 'God, I don't have a divinity degree. I haven't been to seminary. I didn't study theology. I'm just the guy who runs the cameras and edits the tapes.' Thoughts came to my mind every minute saying, 'You're going to fail. You're going to embarrass your family. You're going to ruin what your father spent 40 years building.'”
> “A few days after the funeral, I realized I had a choice to make. I could spend the rest of my life mourning what I lost, or I could spend the rest of my life honoring what he built. I decided that the best way to honor my father wasn't to stay in tears, but to step up and carry the torch forward.”
> “I remembered a phrase: 'God doesn't call the qualified; He qualifies the called.' I stopped focusing on what I didn't have and started focusing on what I did have—a love for people and a desire to give them hope.”
> “For the first two weeks, I tried to preach like my dad. He was loud, he was passionate, he would pound the pulpit. I tried that, and it was a complete disaster. It wasn't me. Victoria looked at me one afternoon and said, 'Joel, if you try to be your father, you're going to fail. They don't need another John Osteen; they need Joel.' That set me free. I realized I didn't have to wear my father's shoes anymore. I could just wear my own.”
約爾·歐斯汀(Joel Osteen)在其 2004 年發行的首本全球暢銷著作《活出美好的你》(Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential)中,將「如何面對人生低谷與逆境」視為能否實現生命潛能的核心樞紐。全書七大步驟中,第四步(放下過去)、第五步(在逆境中找尋力量)、第三步(發掘思想與話語的力量)以及第七步(選擇快樂),直接構成了他處理困境與心靈創傷的完整體系。
> “You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It won't happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, 'I don't care how hard this is, I don't care how disappointed I am, I'm not going to let this get the best of me. I'm moving on with my life.'”
> “I was so shy growing up. I was the guy who sat in the back of the class and prayed the teacher wouldn't call on me. My dad asked me to preach for 17 years, and every single time I said, 'No, Dad, I'm a behind-the-scenes guy. I like running the cameras. I don't want to talk in front of people.'”
> “I wore my father’s shoes that Sunday. They were a size too big, but I felt like I needed that connection. When I stepped up to that microphone, my knees were shaking so violently that I thought the people in the front row could literally see my pants moving. My mouth was completely dry, my heart was pounding out of my chest, and I thought I was going to pass out.”
> “When my dad died, it felt like my whole world stopped. He was my hero, my best friend, and my safety net. Suddenly, the net was gone. I was dealing with profound grief on the inside, and on the outside, every news outlet in Houston was predicting that Lakewood Church was going to crumble without my father.”
> “I didn't try to figure out the next 20 years. I just said, 'God, I can get through this Sunday.' I took it one week at a time. When you break a massive mountain down into one step for today, the fear loses its power over you.”
> “Victoria came to me after a service and said, 'Joel, you are trying to be your father, and it's not working. You are quiet, you are conversational, you encourage people. They don’t need a second John Osteen; they need Joel.' That was a turning point. I realized I didn't have to wear my father's shoes anymore. I had to wear my own.”
> “When I was scared, it was because I was thinking about myself: 'What if I forget my words? What if they don't like me?' But then I shifted my focus to the audience: 'There is someone out there who lost a child, someone facing cancer, someone in debt.' When my purpose became helping them, my fear took a back seat.”
> “Preparation breeds confidence. On Saturdays, I would preach to an empty room until the message was in my bones. When you practice until it becomes second nature, your body automatically takes over on Sunday, even if your nervous system is trying to panic.”
> “Grief will knock the wind out of you, but you can’t let it become your permanent address. I had to realize that honoring my father didn't mean sitting in a room crying for the rest of my life. It meant taking the torch he handed me, stepping out of my comfort zone, and trusting that the same grace that got him through would get me through.”
> “When I first started preaching, I was consumed with self-consciousness. I thought, 'What if I mess up? What if I forget my words? What if they don't like my voice?' I was so focused on me that I was literally sick to my stomach every Sunday. But then I realized: as long as your focus is on yourself, you will always be nervous and insecure. I had to intentionally shift my focus. I said, 'Joel, stop thinking about how you're performing, and start thinking about how you can help the person in the third row who is hurting.' The moment your focus shifts from self-preservation to serving others, love casts out all fear.”
> “Fear feeds on self-absorption. When you're worrying about what people think of you, you're trapped in your own world. But love shifts the camera angle. Love says, 'It's not about me; it's about giving hope to someone else.' You cannot be focused on helping someone else and be paralyzed by fear at the same time.”
> “When my dad passed away, all I could focus on was the void. I walked into his office and saw his empty chair, and my heart just sank. I kept thinking, 'He's gone. My best friend is gone. How can we possibly go on?' I was drowning in grief because my mind was zoomed in on what was taken away from me. Then, in the quietness of my heart, I heard that still, small voice say, 'Joel, stop focusing on what you lost, and start focusing on what you have left.' That single mental shift saved my life.”
> “You can't move forward in life if you're constantly looking in the rearview mirror. As long as you focus on the closed door, you'll miss the new door that God is opening right in front of you. What’s behind you is not nearly as important as what’s in front of you. Shift your view from the loss to the legacy.”
> “Whatever you focus on, you magnify. If you focus on your problems, your problems will grow bigger in your mind. If you focus on your poverty, your lack will dominate your life. But if you focus on God's promises, if you focus on your potential, those things will expand. Stop talking to God about how big your mountains are, and start talking to your mountains about how big your God is!”
> “Your mind is like a magnifying glass. If you leave it on the hot sun and focus it on a dry leaf, it will catch fire. If you focus all your mental energy on how bad your diagnosis is, how terrible the economy is, or how unfair your boss was, you are setting fire to your own peace. You have to learn to adjust your lens. Zoom out from the struggle, and zoom in on the solution.”
> “Life is too short to live it focused on who hurt you, who disrespected you, or what didn't work out. When you hold onto past offenses, you are allowing the person who hurt you in the past to continue hurting you in the present. Shift your focus off the hurt, and put it on the healing. Forgive them—not because they deserve it, but because you deserve to be free.”
> “Every morning when you wake up, you have a limited amount of emotional energy for that day. You can spend it focusing on what's wrong, worrying about the future, or dwelling on past mistakes. Or you can spend that energy focusing on the fact that you have breath in your lungs, that you have a purpose, and that today is a gift. What you focus on determines your future.”
> “When you wake up in the morning, before you get out of bed, before you check your cell phone, before you start thinking about all your problems, make it a habit to say: 'Lord, thank You for another day of life. Thank You for Your goodness, Your mercy, and Your protection.' What you do in the very first minutes of your morning sets the climate for the rest of your day. If you start with 'Thank You, God,' you are opening the door for His favor to surround you until you go to sleep.”
> “If you start your morning complaining—'I’m so tired, traffic is going to be terrible, I hate this job'—you are setting a negative, defeated tone. You are inviting lack and stress. But when you start with an utterance of thanksgiving, you are taking control of your day before the day takes control of you. Say, 'Father, thank You that I have breath in my lungs. Thank You that I have a purpose today.' Gratitude isn't just a polite gesture; it's a spiritual weapon that clears the air for victory.”
> “Anyone can thank God after the medical report comes back clean, after the loan gets approved, or after the crisis is over. That doesn't take faith; that’s just common sense. But real faith—the faith that moves mountains—thanks God before you see the answer. When you are still in pain, when your bank account is low, when the door seems shut, that is when you need to say, 'Lord, thank You that my healing is en route. Thank You that You are turning this around. Thank You that You already have the solution.'”
> “Stop praying the same desperate prayer for twenty years. Ask God once, and from that moment on, every time the situation comes back to your mind, turn your petition into praise. Don't say, 'God, please help me, please fix my kids.' Instead, say, 'Father, thank You that You heard me the first time. Thank You that You are working behind the scenes. Thank You that my breakthrough is coming.' Praise turns your waiting room into a classroom of growth.”
> “Complaining and thanksgiving cannot exist in the same heart at the same time. One will always drive out the other. Complaining attracts dark, negative energy; thanksgiving attracts the blessings of Heaven. Look at your vocabulary. Do you say, 'I have to go to work today, I have to cook dinner, I have to take care of these crying kids'? Change one word, and it changes your whole life: change 'have to' to 'get to.'”
> “Say: 'I get to go to work today, because millions are unemployed. I get to cook dinner, because I have food in my pantry. I get to take care of these children, because God trusted me with their lives.' The moment you shift your vocabulary to 'get to,' you transform what felt like a heavy burden into a privilege. Gratitude changes your optics.”
> “We spend so much time praying for big, earth-shattering miracles that we walk right past thousands of quiet miracles every day. Can you walk on your own two feet today? That's a miracle! Did you wake up with your mind sound and clear? That's a miracle! Can you taste your coffee, see the sunset, or hug a loved one? Don't take those things for granted. When you start thanking God for the ordinary, your everyday life becomes extraordinary.”
> “Have you ever thanked God for what didn't happen? Thank Him for the accidents He prevented that you knew nothing about, for the diseases that didn't touch your body, for the toxic relationships He closed the door on to protect your future. So many times, God's greatest mercy is not what He gives us, but what He keeps from destroying us. Make it a habit to say, 'Lord, thank You for Your unseen protection. Thank You for fighting battles for me that I didn't even know were raging.'”
> “Thanksgiving shouldn't just be a holiday on the calendar or a five-minute prayer on Sunday morning; it needs to be the very oxygen you breathe. All day long, under your breath, keep a song of gratitude going. Driving in the heavy traffic, say, 'Lord, thank You for Your peace.' Walking into a high-stakes meeting, say, 'Father, thank You that You give me wisdom.' Washing the dishes, say, 'Thank You, God, for providing for my home.'”
> “When gratitude becomes your default lifestyle, anxiety loses its foothold. You can't be stressed and genuinely thankful at the same time. You can't be bitter about who hurt you when you are busy thanking God for who is lifting you up. Gratitude is the key that unlocks the door to a joyful, unshakeable life.”
> “Depression is not who you are; it’s just something you’re going through. It’s a season, not a lifetime sentence. Too many people make the mistake of wearing depression like a permanent nametag. They say, ‘I’m just a depressed person, my mother was depressed, my family has a history of mental struggles.’ No, don't own that dark shadow. Don't build a monument to your pain. You may be in a dark valley right now, but you are passing through the valley—you are not meant to build a house there.”
> “Do not let the Enemy convince you that because you are fighting depression, you are weak, faithless, or broken beyond repair. Some of the greatest men and women in the Bible fought deep darkness. Elijah sat under a broom bush and prayed to die. David cried out until his throat was dry and his bed was soaked with tears. Feeling depressed does not mean you have failed; it simply means you are human and you’ve been in a heavy battle. But hear me clearly: the battle is not the end of your story.”
> “Depression thrives on isolation and rumination. It loves it when you pull the blinds, lock yourself in a dark room, and play the tape of every mistake, every rejection, and every loss over and over again in your mind. The moment you enter that dark room of your mind, depression feeds on your energy. You have to learn to interrupt that thought pattern. You cannot control every thought that pops into your head, but you have full authority over which thoughts you allow to sit down and order a meal in your mind.”
> “When the spirit of heaviness comes on you and says, ‘You’re never going to get over this, you’ll be depressed for the rest of your life,’ do not agree with it. Agreement gives power to the dark thoughts. Immediately shoot back with a statement of hope: ‘No, this is temporary. My joy is coming in the morning. God is restoring my soul.’ You have to talk to your mind more than you listen to your mind. If you only listen to your thoughts when you’re down, your mind will lead you straight into a pit.”
> “When you are fighting depression, one of the hardest things to do—and yet the most powerful thing to do—is to physically move. Depression wants to paralyze you. It tells you, ‘Stay in bed, don’t take a shower, don’t answer the phone, don’t go outside.’ But physical action breaks spiritual paralysis. I tell people all the time: get up, take a warm shower, put on some nice clothes, open the blinds, and let the sunlight in! Even if you have to drag yourself, take a walk down the block.”
> “Motion creates emotion. If you sit slouched in a dark corner with your head down, your body language is sending signals to your brain that say, ‘We are defeated, we are hopeless.’ But when you lift your head, pull your shoulders back, look up at the sky, and take a deep breath, your body is signaling to your spirit that you are ready to fight back. You can’t wait until you feel like getting up; you have to get up, and then the feeling will catch up with your obedience.”
> “Depression makes your universe very small. It shrinks your entire vision down to one single point: your pain, your fatigue, your disappointment. The longer you stare at your own pain, the deeper the despair gets. The ultimate key to breaking out of that prison is to expand your universe by helping someone else. Go find somebody who is hurting worse than you are. Go volunteer at a shelter, encourage a friend, mow the lawn for an elderly neighbor.”
> “When you become an answer to someone else’s prayer, God will become the answer to yours. You cannot pour out fresh water into someone else’s life and stay dry yourself. Healing flows through you when you become a conduit of love. Every time you lift someone else up, you are taking a sledgehammer to the walls of your own depression.”
> “Your tongue is the rudder of your life. If you want to get out of the storm of depression, you have to change the direction of your rudder. Stop declaring darkness over your future. Stop saying, ‘I’m so drained, I can’t take this anymore, I’m never going to be happy again.’ Instead, start prophesying life over your dry bones. Speak peace over your mind, speak health over your body, speak joy over your spirit.”
> “Every morning, look in the mirror and make a bold declaration: ‘This is the day the Lord has made, and I will rejoice and be glad in it. The spirit of depression has no authority over my life. I have the mind of Christ. I am covered by grace. My best days are not behind me; they are right in front of me.’ You may not feel it when you say it the first ten times, but keep speaking it. Faith comes by hearing. The more you hear yourself speaking light, the faster the darkness will have to flee.”
"I thank God for sending me penicillin… I did not invent penicillin. I observed it. God was the first to put it here on earth for the wellbeing of mankind."
"Discoveries of this magnitude are rare… God took care to hide that country till he judged his people ready; then, he chose me for his whisper and I found it and it's yours."
"When I woke up just after dawn on September 28, 1928, I certainly didn't plan to revolutionize all medicine by discovering the world's first antibiotic, or bacteria killer. But I suppose that was exactly what I did."