We all get self-centered.

It takes courage to have a conscience when you seem to see others getting something tangible out of not bothering to struggle with the morality of a situation. It gets frustrating and demoralizing. This is precisely where character comes in. All throughout history special people have felt compelled to do what they objectively saw as right and good - even in the face of humiliation or rejection or expulsion or torture or death. That is because they believed that certain ideas were more important than individual well-being.

Learning to endure, transform by perspective or action, and be grateful is the fast lane to a good life. That's right. Having great luck and fortune is not the conduit to a loving and enjoyable life; gratitude is.

We all get self-centered.

Oh, well, there's a difference between privacy and secrecy.

If you're gay or lesbian, it's a biological error that inhibits you from relating normally to the opposite sex.

Situations reveal who we are, they don't create who we are.