Avoid the natural inclination to exaggerate your problem,an often fatal mistake of the impossibility-complexed person. The average human being has an amazing talent to make mountains out of mole hills. I remember a lady who came to my office to tell me, “I’ve had it I’m going to divorce my husband.”
“Does he get drunk?” I asked the troubled wife. “Oh no!” the frustrated wife said to me.
“Does he run around with other women?” I asked.
“No,he’s pretty good that way,”she answered.
“Does he refuse to work? Or gamble his money away?” I asked. “No! No! That’s one thing I have to say-he’s a good man that way,” she replied.
“Does he beat you or hit you?” I asked.
“Goodness no!” She was shocked at my question.
“Well, is he a homosexual or a narcotics addict?” I queried. Of course not!” she said indignantly.
“Well then,” I advised, “be careful before you divorce him.I know a hundred lonely women who will really run after him as soon as you let him go.”
“You know,” she said with a sobering reflection on her face, “he probably isn’t such a bad fellow after all.”
