Editorial June 18, 1990 Issue

Frowns and flatteries

Allison W. Phinney, Jr.

Conformity. Wanting to be popular. It's a feeling many of us may remember having as we grew up.

The strongest impulsion to be the same as everybody else in order to be liked usually wears off as we develop individual skills and travel diverse paths. But the tendency can still be more of an influence in adult years than we might expect. To the extent that it remains, it would slow our spiritual progress and healing.

Society generally frowns on what departs from its presently accepted opinions and ways of doing things. Occasionally the frown turns into something more—something like a scowl. And sometimes the scowl deepens into specific opposition.

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