Editorial August 30, 1982 Issue

Reluctant to admit healing?

NATHAN A. TALBOT

We've all seen times when someone has offered advice on how to do a task more effectively. Maybe a parent has pointed out a better way for a youngster to earn money. A wife may have shown her husband an easier way to set up a tent or build the campfire. Perhaps he has taught her how to shop more thoughtfully.

It may take a bit of humility to acknowledge the help. Were there instances when we weren't so receptive to the guidance, even if it was useful? Maybe our turf was invaded; or we've always done things a certain way and we're just not terribly interested in changing. It's a bit tougher to shift our actions if we don't really have the desire.

The same sort of thing can be true about ways of thinking. We may resist an original or fresh approach to viewing a political or social or economic issue. Even if we do begin to redirect our perspective, there's something about human nature that may resist admitting the change we are making.

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