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A psychologist was walking along a Hawaiian beach when he kicked a bottle poking up through the sand. Opening it, he was astonished to see a cloud of smoke and a genie smiling at him.
"For your kindness," the genie said, "I will grant you one wish!" The psychologist paused, laughed, and replied, "Well, I've always thought it would be wonderful to have a road from California to Hawaii."
The genie grimaced, thought for a few minutes and said, "Listen, I'm sorry, but I just can't do that! Think of all the pilings needed to hold up the highway and how long they'd have to be to reach the bottom of the ocean. Think, too, of all the pavement that would be needed. No, I just can't do that. It's too much to ask."
"Okay," the psychologist said, not wanting to be unreasonable. "I'm a psychologist. Make me understand my patients. What makes them laugh and cry, why are they temperamental, why are they so difficult to get along with, what do they really want? Basically, teach me to understand what makes them tick!"
The genie paused, and then sighed. "Did you want two or four lanes on that highway?" he asked.
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Blessings..Sue
Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
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