Spirit and soul is horseshit of the worst sort. Obviously there are no fairies, no Santa Clauses, no spirits. What there is, is human goals and purposes as noted by sane existentialists. But a lot of transcendentalists are utter screwballs.

So I'd better stop my whining and help myself cope better with even the worst Adversities.

People got insights into what was bothering them, but they hardly did a damn thing to change.

I would have liked having children to some degree, but frankly I haven't got the time to take the kids to the goddamn ballgame.

The easy way out is often just that-the 'easy' way out of the most rewarding lifestyle.

Unless, of course, you insist on identifying yourself with the people and things you love; and thereby seriously disturb yourself.

People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness. They always have the power to think, and to think about their thinking, and to think about thinking about their thinking, which the goddamn dolphin, as far as we know, can't do. Therefore they have much greater ability to change themselves than any other animal has, and I hope that REBT teaches them how to do it.