. That, though, doesn't make it any easier to turn our attention elsewhere. What we need to know is that we are far from helpless. We are being helped and soon more help will arrive. And it will then be clear that there is, indeed, one very clever thing we can do. Of The Day was giving a lecture to several nurses. food is loaded with MSG. Vegetables are now "iffy" because of fertilisers and pesticides ... and none of us seem to realize the long-term damage being done by the rotten bacteria in our drinking water. Of The Day to his wife was becoming routine and boring.. Why don't you try 'playing doctor' for an hour? That's what I do.", why we feel it, who we feel it about, whether we ought to be feeling it at all, how we can stop ourselves from feeling it, where we ought to go to feel better or when we may just wake up one morning and feel differently. Yet we never find out reassuring answers to all of these questions. At the essence of a conflict is always something rather valuable. To make us feel far better. Of The Day. Ahead of him is a guy who's dressed in sunglasses, a loud shirt, a leather jacket, and jeans. Saint Peter looks at him and says, "Who are you, so that I may know whether or not to admit you into the Kingdom of Heaven?"."." with his robe and staff. Next, it's the minister's turn. He stands erect and booms out, "I am Joseph Snow. I was the pastor of Saint Mary's for the last 43 years." consults his list. He says to the minister, "Take this cotton robe and wooden staff, and enter the Kingdom." all that sunshine that's filtering through our front door? Why should we have to be bombarded with good wishes from all the people who love and admire us? And why on earth should we have to endure the wonderful opportunities that keep knocking on our door? The world is out there waiting for us. We have a choice to make - to go out and greet it, or retreat to our shell and miss the chance of a lifetime. don't just live in haunted houses. Memories hang around wherever they have been left. And sometimes, the scariest echoes of the past are not from some bygone era. No headless knight or ashen lady can upset us as much as an event, a piece of music or a suggestion that takes us back to some painful experience that we have been striving ever since to avoid or forget. Somethings send a cold shiver down our spine. We need to chase it away with the bright light of a smart plan and a clear, confident understanding.
