Website owner: James Miller
The older I get the more ugly and gloomy life looks. What do I see? I see so many people, such a high percentage of humanity, caught in traps, nets and snares that they just can't seem to get out of. I see them struggle in these snares much as a fly struggles in a spider's web. Try as they might they just can't seem to break loose. What are these traps, nets and snares? Alcoholism, drug abuse, inferiority complexes, shyness, fears, insecurity, mental illnesses, neuroses, etc.. Mostly I see people caught and trapped by their own bad habits. They want to change and try to change but can't seem to do it. People have other problems, too. Loneliness, boredom, bad health, abuse from others, marital problems. All these problems are so wide-spread, so pervasive in our society. They affect young, middle aged and old. And the worst thing about all of them is that I don't know the answers to them. I ask myself, "What is the solution? What is a really effective antidote (for a specific problem)? What could I recommend to a person as a practical, workable solution to the problem?" Usually I must just admit that I don't know. Oct 1983
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