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S. Not only do we like to think of ourselves as perfect, we prefer to see only the best in others. It's hard work finding fault. It's depressing, too. The more you find, the more it seems there is to find. Sometimes, though, we have to be realistic. There's good and bad in everyone. And when we deny the existence of either quality, we start getting into a lot of trouble. Someone now has a very idealistic view of a sensitive situation. That's helping them feel good, but it's not solving a problem.
C. Is the clock going backwards? Will we soon be celebrating the end of 2007 and the start of 2006? Well, then, why are we so often prone to think that things will go back to how they used to be in the old days? We spend half our time yearning for a return to some pleasant experience we had once upon a time. We spend the other half worried lest the changes that we have fought so hard for unravel and we end up right back where we started. You are moving forward now, and that's good news.
S.& D. 'Religion,' as Karl Marx is reputed to have said, 'is the opiate of the masses.' Still, that was in the days before television. These days it's different. Why go all the way to church, when you can just switch on a box in the corner of the room and be lulled into a soporific state whilst your reality is subtly reshaped? Something is now numbing your senses. Everything is OK, you feel, just as long as you have... Well, what is that thing? Do you truly need it? Or might it be part of the problem, not the solution?
A. They say that, before you judge someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. But what if your feet are bigger than theirs - or smaller? None of us can really know what it feels like to be anyone else. We can empathise. We can sympathise. But, then, do we really know what it's like to be ourselves? Doesn't that experience change a lot too, depending on the time of day, the situation, the company we are keeping, etc? If you want to feel better about someone now, begin by feeling good about yourself.
V. What part of the word 'no' don't you understand? That's what people say to each other when they feel that their boundaries are being infringed upon. The truth is, though, that both 'yes' and 'no' are words that can sometimes have very complex meanings. They can contain caveats which reveal themselves only after a period of time has elapsed or once a determined investigation has been held. Look in your life now at what appears to be a barrier that you can't get past. It's more flexible than you think.