It is so bizarre... for the last 10 years I cursed my speech impediments. Both my rhotacism and my lisp. It made me extremely self conscious and anti social. I couldn't stand it. Most people take it for granted. Being able to talk properly is just something you're born with. I never understood why I couldn't pronounce R correctly, and it bothered me. Until yesterday when I read the similarites with tongue placement in the letter "L" and "R" so I practiced. Parsely, garlic, rock, railroad, etc. My mom asked what I was doing and I told her. She said "ohh you pronounce them fine" being just like a mom always should. That's when I told my friend AJ.. then he asked what I was talking about. He said "what do you mean you pronounce them fine" .. so I then asked my sister, Kristy, Johnny, Cara, Starr, and Cassie.. all to say that I can say R fine. My rhotacism went away when I was young and I've never had it for a long time.. I looked how to cure my lisp and that was the same story. I don't have one. My 2 biggest insecurities for the last however many years weren't real. The power of the mind is unbelievable