Two days ago I read “The Death of Ivan Ilych” by Leo Tolstoy. It’s a 20,000 word novella that can be read in a few hours. I’m convinced I read it before, in my twenties, at a time in my young life when I foolishly believed NOT to have read certain canonical works was a sign of intellectual defect. I retained little to nothing of that first reading.
You and Neat She: almost got Eleanor Roosevelt:"Do one thing every day that scares you".... science upon request...
A life feeding each other's ego, where ego is my blindness to my faults, misses the science of our defects... CBT is a science of our defects... Except for my defectiveness in relationships: To heal relationships I must, as a target of your anger I must respond:"You are right and I am wrong" .... which all Shrinks fail at... unless they keep at it... for about fifteen sessions... at which time... their ego is killed... per chapter twenty.... more on request....
Was certain it would be a Conan O'Brien tie-in! Love Jagged Little Pill. 90's anthemic!
That’s a funny post to leave a like on! I appreciated this
You and Neat She: almost got Eleanor Roosevelt:"Do one thing every day that scares you".... science upon request...
A life feeding each other's ego, where ego is my blindness to my faults, misses the science of our defects... CBT is a science of our defects... Except for my defectiveness in relationships: To heal relationships I must, as a target of your anger I must respond:"You are right and I am wrong" .... which all Shrinks fail at... unless they keep at it... for about fifteen sessions... at which time... their ego is killed... per chapter twenty.... more on request....
Thank you. Nice commentary! The Tolstoy book was my favorite. Having read it a few times! Thanks for sending. Jonathan