Our Lives Are Shaped By Those Who

Our Lives Are Shaped By Those Who Love Us As Well As Those Who Refuse To Love Us.

When A Trout Rising To A Fly Gets Hoooked On A Line And Finds Himself Unable To Swim About Freeely, He Begins With A Fight Which Results In Struggles And Splashes And Sometimes An Escape. Often, Of Course, The Situation Is Too Tough For Him. In The Same Way The Human Being Struggles With His Environment And With The Hooks That Catch Him. Sometimes He Masters His Difficulties; Sometimes They Are Too Much For Him. His Struggles Are All That The World Sees And It Naturally Misunderstands Them. It Is Hard For A Free Fish To Understand What Is Happening To A Hooked One.

Neurotic Means He Is Not As Sensible As I Am, And Psychotic Means He's Even Worse Than My Brother-in-law.

Love Cures People - Both The Ones Who Give It And The Ones Who Receive It.

Love Is A Medicine For The Sickness Of The World; A Prescription Often Given, Too Rarely Taken.