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Human Frailty
The human body is so very fragile. It is opened to influence by the physical, the mental, spiritual, and emotional. It can be battered just as strongly by hurricane winds as it can be by the longing for a missed lover. It can be healed through rest and medication, just as much as it can [...]
Persistence
Another trait found more and more common among human beings (especially young people in their twenties) is blind persistence. We all know of course that persistence itself is a character trait to be praised, but blind persistence borders on simple stupidity.
Last weekend, on my monthly pilgrimage to Fisherman’s Wharf, I spotted an example of this [...]
Is everyone so gullible?
Are all rich Americans gullible? You would think that being rich would automatically indicate some form of intelligence (afterall, how else did they obtain the wealth?). But apparently that is not the case sometimes. Consider, for instance, this “New Age” movement that has swept across the US like a wildfire.
A few weeks ago, I attended [...]
