QUESTION:
younger, I
promiscuous, but when |!
married, I decided that I
would be “faithiul” to my
husband. And I have been.
Well, that's almost the truth.
I strayed a little, but only a
couple of times. I don't know
what it’s like for other
women, but for me that is a
very difficult regimen to
follow. I am a pretty
liberated person and am not
sure of my reasons for
sticking to ome man ex-
clusively. I would hate to
think J am shaping my life on
some old out-worn
traditions. I love my
husband dearly and we are
very good friends, but ['m
wondering about why I!
should hold to the decision I
made. Would you be good
enough to comment please?

When I was
was” rather

STEWART: Some people
are committed to religious
precepts or moral standards

that seem “nght” for them,
and serve them as vahd
resources. That way 1s

helpful to some people, bul

only if those precepts and/or
standards have become their
very own and they have
accepted them as central to

ther living.
Others have a need to
think things through = as

logically as they can. They
need to reason out which
options appeal to them and
which procedures are most
contributory to the sort of
life they want to live. This
alternative is not very useful
to some peuple, because
they are content to remain
on the surface and to avoid
getting to know their more
profound hungers and their
more profound natures.

Making decisions on the
basis of a superficial un-
derstanding of one’s” real

often an
experience.

self, is) quite
unrewarding

And so, if this second
alternauve becomes your
choice, do yourself the

favour of considering it an
important and = deep-
reaching opportunity. Do
not enter into Wt lightly, but
rather, with a serious
thoughtful pondering of
whatend results are likely to

An artist with
a ‘block’ to lose

QUESTION: I know I'm an

artist. [ve known it for a
jong time. But I am not
doing any painting or

drawing. | want some advice
from someone who is not in
the field of art. Feeling like [
do, should | arrange to have
some training? Why do I not
produce something when |
feel like I have the creativity
in me? At times !
somewhat depressed over
not doing some painting.
What do you think is ahead
for me?

STEWART: 1] am so glad you
recognize that [am “not in
the field of art™ And TI am
that. recognizing
that. you still ask me to share
with about
Situation

feel

glad also.

you Vour
Phat wea clue ‘at
that
vour avoidance of producing

least to me) you feel
some work is related to your
own personal development
rather than to vour artists
potential Raghton’

Mh you are an artist tana |
beheve your at will be very
hard for you NOT

artast hh

toy be an
fakes a lot oo
deprossson and impatience
and

yourself and others and lost

and anges talking to

appetite and poor sleep and

diminishing energy and
interminable longing in
opder fo be an artist who
ain

Sco petoatat'! P would say
dot today bvena at all you
dos set up your casel and

Do

splash on some colours.
it!

Traming? Oh my yes. At
the meht time. You do not
need training to get started
again. But you will probably
need it to keep up with your

potential, Work it in at the
right time.

Im a bit of a sen-
timentalist. So, will you
please send me that first
splash of colour you put on
paper? Scrawl across the
bottom, “Look. I've started
again!”

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ask hayden stewart

Freelance Counselior Hayden Stewart may be reached at 261-6242
forappantments for individual. family or group counselling. His new
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Why stick to one man?

accrue to you.

The third alternative
(which avoids the rigidity of
the firt, but keeps the
flexibility of the second) is
related to your experience of
evolving in your person, to
the point where you have
developed and are
developing a deep trust in
your own intuitive feelings.
We human being types really
“KNOW” a whole fot more
than we are willing to admit.
For example, I believe YOU
quite ‘likely “KNOW” the
direction you want to choose
for yourself in regard to
sexual promiscuity.

Your hesitancy 1s
brought about
something you do not
“know”. It is brought about
by your ut willingness to risk
a trust in .hat you “know”.
Why not be a gambler?

Give a respectful listen to
your own highest self, and
then, to that Self of yours,
say arisky, exciting “YES!”

not
because of

C5-Sunday News, April 27, 1980

HONORED for his efforts to save the life of a fellow airman critically injured in an
aircraft accident in West Germany is former North Vancouverite Corporal Brian
Wight, 29, shown above (right) receiving his commendation from Major General
James Hanna, commander of Canadian Forces Europe. Corporal Wight is the son of

Mr.

and Mrs. Wallis Wight,

2820 Dollarton Highway, North Vancouver.

He is

married and presently lives in the village of Wintersdorf on the edge of the Black
Forest in southern Germany. (Canadian Forces photo/J.C. Rodger)

Giant snails ravage Spain

BARACALDO, Spain
(UPI) - Fist-sized snails are
rampaging through plants
and garbage at night and
turning oul to be a “real
scourge”, officials say.

Two of the super snails,

each weighing half a pound,

were discovered in a field in
this northern Basque area by
two youths during” the
weekend.

The snails, the first to be
found in Spain and natural
only to West Africa and the
Island of Mauritius in the

Indian Ocean, are = ap-
proximately three years old,
experts say, adding they are
“very achive al night, at-
tacking live plants and even
eaung garbage as

supplement.”

a diet

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