Recipe for Catharsis

Problem: Anger with one or more parties

Solution: Take 1 best friend (preferably male) and have him describe in excruciating, thrilling detail how he will proceed to beat up and render penitent the object of said anger.

It works.

Plain Truth

"If you're afraid of everyone leaving you, what do you do?"

"Make them stay."

"And if you can't do that, or don't know how to?"

"I don't know."

"Yes, you do. In fact, you've done it. You leave first, so you don't have to watch them walk away."


-Coop and Ellie from "Plain Truth" by Jodi Piccoult