Bernard Barber said in part: <snip> .......add that personal attacks, character assassination, and other forms of belittling, speak more to the character of the "attacker", and is counter productive. Emotional Health requires authenticity of feelings. The denial of feelings produces ill health and destroys the quality of relationship with self and others. Our collective WE demands from us the understanding that WELLNESS does not come with out great effort, which in itself promotes health. No one said it was easy. To which jeanette adds: I agree and to use an often quoted phrase my dad always used: "If it were easy, everbody would do it." (used when he wanted his children to excel)