The fields of clinical psychology and psychiatry exist specifically to help the emotionally unstable become more stable and lead happier, healthier lives. Unlike in the eras of Vincent Van Gogh and Abraham Lincoln, there is now professional help available for those who suffer from emotional illness. Treatment may require therapy or even medication, but hope is now available every single day in practically every city in the civilized world.

Our focus is our reality. What we choose to focus on becomes our world. It produces our thoughts, values, attitudes, and beliefs.

Studies show that when we vocalize an opinion, whether or not we believe it to be true, in time we usually come to support it.

The next time you make a snap judgment about a situation, take a few moments to understand an opposing viewpoint.

Whenever you are questioning a person's desire for something, consider what he does, not necessarily what he says.

Whenever you are dealing with someone or something of unknown value the first one who places a value on it establishes its worth.

At the root of fear is low self-esteem. This explains why angry people have low self-esteem, are argumentative, stubborn, and quick to flare up yet slow to forgive. Those behaviors are defenses against the underlying fear.