This morning we all struggled to wake up being tired from our evening at the park. I was groggy through my prayers, my younger son's first word's were "that was quick" (referring to the passage of the night), but no one fought or struggled or bickered. I think that these small blessings may be evidence of a greater change.

in Psych of Personal Adjustment we talked about human sexuality. It was tempting for me to interject and comment a lot on matters of contention but I held back. I became aware that the motive of my commenting might be a selfish one. That I might seek to point out discrepancies in the teaching out of a need to express my opinion rather than as a contribution to the class. I don't think it means that my opinions are wrong (or right) but that I need to be patient and listen and learn and let the professor teach the class.

My wife and I had some time alone to discuss and agree and disagree about small things in the afternoon. Several of the subjects we talked about that seemed vastly different centered around the same problem of good people going wrong. I was able to talk through my idea that at the heart of every human problem is the same dynamic, people motivated by natural drives overreact and little by little become more and more impaired in their thinking, eventually to the point of justifying actions that go against their good nature. Again small observation about a greater good.

I heard a news story about a possible relapse by the movie star Charlie Sheen. When asked what the nature of the problem of all these stars committing inconceivable acts and relapsing, the psychological expert stated that they are surrounded by a world of no no's.