Hi folks,

LMO - You are too kind! I guess some people are born with maturity and others have to earn it the hard way - mine was the hard way.

Thinking about your other comments. Letting people be themselves is a big part of the process IMHO. I used to get irritated that my wife is a slow thinker. Now I'm glad she is different from me and I realise that I was jealous that she had an easier pace and I was always churning. I was just jealous of her peacefulness.

Desirae - I truly believe that young people get angry and resentful because of unhappiness. I think that resentfulness and happiness just don't mix.

So if I see a young person 'acting out' their anger I always wonder what is behind it. There is a good part in a Robin Williams film, it might be 'Good Will Hunting' where Robin Williams says to the angry teenager "It's not your fault; It's not your fault." Those words really got through to me when I thought of my own childhood. I had thought that everything was my fault, every bit of it.

Sorry I haven't replied to everyone, but I don't want to take over the whole thread.

Good thoughts, M