It's important to ask yourself, How am I useful to others? What do people want from me? That may very well reveal what you are here for.

I've found that contemporary psychology enrages me with its simplistic ideas of human life, and also its emptiness.

We need to get back to trusting our emotional rapport with children, to seeing a child's beauty and singling that child out. That's how the mentor system works - you're caught up in the fantasy of another person. Your imagination and their come together.

So when you consider the archetypal, historical, and cultural background of whatever you do, it gives you a sense that your occupation can be a calling and not just a job.

Psychotherapy theory turns it all on you: you are the one who is wrong. If a kid is having trouble or is discouraged, the problem is not just inside the kid; it's also in the system, the society.

The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in the world, about being competitive: Will my children have as much as I have? Will I ever own my own home? How can I pay for a new car? Are immigrants taking away my white world?

I'm the result of upbringing, class, race, gender, social prejudices, and economics. So I'm a victim again. A result.