Happiness Needs One-upmanship.

The Secret Of Every Durable ... Social System Is The Recasting Of 'functional Prerequisites' Into Behavioral Motives For Actors.

Indeed, I Did Not Truly "belong" To Any School, Order, Intellectual Camaraderie Or Clique; I Did Not Apply For Admission To Any Of Them, Let Alone Did Much To Deserve An Invitation; Nor Would I Be Listed By Any Of Them - At Least Listed Unqualifiedly - As "one Of Us".

The Visual Does Seem To Me The Most Thoroughly Grasped And Recorded Among My Impressions; Sight Seems To Be My Principal Sense Organ, And "seeing" Supplies The Key Metaphors For Reporting The Perception.

I Was Watching The Tv Broadcasts Interviewing People Stranded At Airports For Days On End, Losing Their Holidays, Their Important Business Meetings And The Long-awaited Ability To See Their Families... In Short, Suffering. No One Complained, Though! They Kept Repeating: We Are So Grateful For The Care Taken Of Our Safety, For Feeling. They Were Ready To Surrender A Good Deal Of Their Human Dignity, Individuality, Freedom Of Choice.

We Are Always Confronted With Choice.