Is Pride Good or Bad?
Can you name the Seven Deadly Sins? They are harder to remember than the Seven Dwarfs. I will help you with the Seven Deadly Sins: pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. This list comes from Christian writers 1600 years ago. The Catholic Church helped...
How Many Pairs of Shoes Do You Own?
Do you have emotional attachments to some of your possessions? One way to start answering that question is to count the number of shoes you own. I own six pairs of shoes. These include four pairs of shoes with which I have no emotional attachments: my bright blue...
Situations Can Have Powerful Effects
I just read a book (Member of the Family) about a girl, Dianne Lake, who joined the Charles Manson “family” when she was 14 years old. Manson became famous decades ago as the leader of a cult that slaughtered several innocent individuals in Los Angeles. Manson, a bit...
Can You Tolerate Pain, Hunger, Frustration, Etc.?
Trying to help people increase their frustration tolerance is popular now among psychologists. I could have used more frustration tolerance this past week when I dealt with various technical and other problems as I tried to assign final grades for the term. Trying to...
Do You Have Unusual Beliefs?
Do you have any unusual beliefs? Almost everyone does. Let’s define an unusual belief as one that at least 95% of the world does not share. The father of one my friends believes that jet condensation trails contain chemicals that governments use to control the...
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