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We Live In A World Filled With Language. Language Imparts Identity, Meaning, And Perspective To Our Human Community. Writers Are Either Polluters Or Part Of The Clean-up Team. Just As The Language Of Power And Greed Has The Potential To Destroy Us, The Language Of Reason And Empathy Has The Power To Save Us. Writers Can Inspire A Kinder, Fairer, More Beautiful World, Or Invite Selfishness, Stereotyping, And Violence. Writers Can Unite People Or Divide Them.

Prayer Is Vastly Superior To Worry. With Worry, We Are Helpless; With Prayer, We Are Interceding. When I Hear Sad News, I Try To Say A Prayer For The Victims. When I Am Troubled, I Will Say A Prayer That Asks For Relief For Myself And For All Those Who Suffer As I Do. When I Am Concerned About My Relatives Or Friends I Say A Short Prayer To Myself - "may They Be Happy And Free Of Suffering."

Many Young Women Are Less Whole And Androgynous Than They Were At Age Ten. They Are More Appearance-conscious And Sex-conscious. They Are Quieter, More Fearful Of Holding Strong Opinions, More Careful What They Say And Less Honest. They Are More Likely To Second-guess Themselves And To Be Self-critical. They Are Bigger Worriers And More Effective People Pleasers. They Are Less Likely To Play Sports, Love Math And Science And Plan On Being President. They Hide Their Intelligence. Many Must Fight For Years To Regain All The Territory They Lost.

Telling Stories Never Fails To Produce Good In The Universe.

In All The Years I've Been A Therapist, I've Yet To Meet One Girl Who Likes Her Body.