I'm a novelist. My work is human nature. Real life is all I know. Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work. You will walk out of here this afternoon with only one thing that no one else has. There will be hundreds of people out there with your same degree; there will be thousands of people doing what you want to do for a living. But you will be the only person alive who has sole custody of your life.

Sometimes, not to say most of the time, life is so hard. How can we be anything but kind? All of us know our life isn't easy, we live it every day. But, if if look all around us, all of us face the same things. No matter if one has enough money, or friends, or a great job, all of us have felt that something is missing, that our life is lacking something. Everyone feels that way. Your rich neighbour has marital problems; your happy friends wish they had enough money to retire early.

Many "stressed out" people are not poor time managers, simply, they are overloaded with commitments and responsibilities. In this case stress arises from an overbooked schedule or a greater number of responsibilities than one can reasonably handle.

Perhaps, all of us recognize the signs of "responsibility overload" in our own schedule. Despite a major upcoming deadline and long hours, you find yourself agreeing to organize the office holiday party. Although your afternoons are already packed, you end up coaching your son's soccer team. Most of us know the feeling of wondering why we ever agreed to…

It's been said that the sensation of pain is one memory our brains forget. But, what is pain? The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage." By definition, then, pain is a personal experience.