When the obvious is right in front of us, we often ignore it, preferring to over-analyze and over-interpret the decisions facing us. Comedian Mel Brooks tells the story of a man named John who had a maddening compulsion to tear paper. After years of psychoanalysis, John was still tearing paper. And his family was losing hope. They finally took him to a new therapist. The fellow walked with John around the room and talked quietly to him. When John left, he was cured. A year later, John’s compulsion had not returned. The grateful family asked the therapist what he had said to John. The therapist responded, “I told him, “Don’t tear paper!” -R. Robert Cueni, The Vital Church Leader Sometimes it is enough just to say, “No.”
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