Doesn’t it seem that when a pitcher thinks about how he looks as he’s throwing the ball, and demands applause after each curve ball, he’s on the way to the minors? Could one of the reasons for problems from divorce to politics to decreased church attendance be that we demand complete satisfaction?
On these Lifestyle pages we report on not only trends but also oozes, subtle long-term changes that affect how we all think and live. One American ooze is the insistence on complete satisfaction: Since that does not meld well with life in a fallen world, it forces us into exaggerations and sometimes lies.
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