Word: self-control
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...country where the best-known Islamic preachers are stolid men in their 60s who quote from the Koran in Arabic and confine their sermons to the mosque, Aa Gym is unique. The flamboyant 40-year-old spreads his message of self-control, personal morality, tolerance and faith with televangelistic theatrics. Although Islam is the granite base on which his message rests, Aa Gym's sermons tend to dwell on the practicalities of daily life rather than the hazy hereafter. His stock-in-trade includes greeting-card clichEs, self-help nostrums and pithy doses of advice on how to cope with...
...reality can be a touchy subject. It's hard to accept that we may not be the best at something or that we genuinely screwed up or that low self-esteem can sometimes be fully justified. But maintaining a robust self-image while being able to absorb difficult criticism is surely worth the effort. It could lead to all sorts of strange occurrences: kids working harder, adults exercising self-control, thieves experiencing--yes--guilt, even grownup politicians taking full and painful responsibility for their actions and words. It's a pity that Torricelli still doesn...
...blame on to your sister for breaking your mother’s favorite lamp. In other words, let the fetus suffer the consequences for your mistake—so long as you don’t have to face the shame that is appropriate for your lack of self-control. That is to what it boils down in the end. A woman does have a choice. She has the right to choose whether or not to have sex. What happens if you are only responsible for your actions when there is no temptation involved? Such thinking is nonsense...
Parents can try to change some of these things, but they can do only so much by the time their children reach adolescence. Restraint and self-control have never been America's strong suits. It's tough for parents to teach teenagers to listen to their bodies, to eat when they are hungry, to taste what they are eating, to eat appropriate portions and to leave food on their plate. Lasting behavioral change cannot be imposed from the outside. These are internal battles and will ultimately have to be fought by the kids themselves, one chubby bulge at a time...
...whoever is the balding man in her life) sticks his head around the corner. “I’m not eating, I’m self-medicating,” is the catchy punchline italicized at the bottom. Subtext: Hah. Silly woman. Clearly self-medication is pathetic rationalization. Eating won’t solve her problems. Hah. Women say the stupidest things to justify their total lack of self-control...