by Harry Palmer

We've all had the experience of reading a good book or watching a good drama and for a while assuming some aspect of one of the characters. Maybe we pick up a new expression or a new way of dressing; maybe we pick up a swagger or an intriguing opinion. It feels good to explore the new viewpoint.

In our hearts we know it's only play-acting and soon our real self reappears, but what if...?

On the negative side, most of us have had the experience of recognizing some aspect—from someone we didn't particularly admire—as part of our self. Maybe we catch ourselves treating a child like someone once treated us or expressing an opinion whose only basis is that we resisted it when we heard somebody else express it.

Even more alarming, we may discover

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Once I watched a carpenter with a handsaw, a hammer, screwdriver, and homemade plumb bob build a nifty little cabana on the west coast of Nicaragua. The wood was salvaged, as was the tin roofing, but the cabana was perfect – the joints were tight, the saw cuts true, his menagerie of nails and screws carefully placed according to the amount of strain at each point.

He worked deliberately, but seemed to

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Waiting...

All of us have experienced waiting in line for a cashier. Probably most of us have spent the time counting to make sure the person in ahead of us doesn't have that eleventh item.

Waiting...

Then there is being put on hold while trying to

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