QUESTION: My — mother
and father were very. relig-
ious when I was growing up
and as ! get to be a teenager,
I rebelled against religion in
general and their kind in
particular. Now that I am 30

years old, I am recognizing

that there is a real possibility

that I am running my life on
prejudice, . .

I feel that my life is empty
because I threw ont their
teachings. I want something
to fill up that void, but I still
don’t want what I threw out.
For a while I fought against.
religion and then for a while I
just never thought about it at
all. Recently I lave been
curious about it and aware of
my ignorance about it. Also,

a . .
I have inst recently become

aware that I have held back
from satisfying my curiosity,
because [I have. been think-
ing] if 1 gave any attention to
my curiosity, I would be

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backing off from my stand pneumonia. One day 1 diso-
‘beyed him and didn’t even

against religion. De you
think I would be a quitter if I
did some studying or reading
about religion at this stage in
my life? — a

STEWART: A long-lasting
rebellion against something
has its drawbacks. It tends to
close doors against explor-
ation. It is death to the open
mind. It sometimes has
values too. But as long as
rebellion is negative it
remains stifling to the
searching spirit.

_ ; — %: ;
_ Rather than -blindly stay-
ing loyal to that particular
rebellion, why not prepare
yourself for a much broader

revolution? Why not explore
and search and experiment

along any: avenue that”

‘beckons to you? My father
used to.tell me I shouid not
.go outside for three hours
after a bath or I'd get

QUESTION: There are a

_ couple of times each week
“when. two people in our

household watch the wrestl-
ing matches on TV. ‘I think
the wrestling is absolutely
awful. Because the others
like watching it P’'ve tried to

get into it, but it is so silly

-and merve-wracking and
phoney that it gets me. all
. worked up. : -

QUESTION: During the
-recent cold spell, several
times I drove behind cars

‘with their rear windows

completely iced over. I mean.
the driver couid not see what
was behind him at all. This

bothered me because it. is.

really dangerous, not only for
the driver but for all the rest
of us on the road. A couple of
times I approached cars that

were feed up but the dyiver

creative rebellion (based on
experience) into a foolhardy

get a cold. I remember
saying’ to myself, ‘Father
was wrong,”’ and feeling a
mishievous freedom - about
my new knowledge. It was
exciting for me. However, if I.
had said, ‘‘Father was wren

and so I’m going to have a
bath and run outside naked
in 3° below weather,’’: I
would be stupidly turning my

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‘‘show’’ (based on my desire
to gloat over my father and -
his flimsy folklore). .

You’ve HAD your rebel-
lion. You don’t need to run it.
into the ground. Open your
mind. now. Open the doors.
Go where today is calling.
-you. “‘These. are the days
_that must happen to you”’ as
good old Walt Whitman
says. What an adventure lies
ahead for you. All lights are
green!

bound apes pretending to
hurt each other I get sick—I
‘mean really upset im the
stomach. I don’t like to be
different than the. others.
What can I do? | :

STEWART: | I think you like
it but feel sort of ashamed of .
liking it. Face your facts. If
you like it, quit pretending |
and enjoy it. If you don’t like

“he | different’’—don’t

had cleared away just a little -
bit of his windshield and left
the rest of the windshield

and all the other windows

covered with ice. I think that

is terrible. I just wanted to

get a letter in the paper
saying how dangerous it is.

STEWART: You're right—
it IS dangerous, and, more-
over, it's against the law!
Let's watch it everyone.

QUESTION: My six year
old son, Kris, has asked me
to write. you his very sad
story about his inseparable
friend, a Red Setter named
‘Lady’. Lady is 5 years old.
Kris and she have had a lot of
fun together and some hard
times too.

Lady nearly drowned once
and a Vet saved her. Once.
she was hit by a car and her
right front leg was shattered
so it had to be removed. She
learned to walk and run and
gets around quickly and
gracefully like Irish Setters
do. Kris was broken-hearted
about Lady’s leg and is very
very proud of the way she
has overcome her handicap.

But now the pet has fleas
and some sort of infectlon.She
is really suffering terribly
with the infection in her eyes
and nose and ears. We have
done everything we can to
help her and her Vet says
that he can do no more.

He didu’t tell Kris, but he
is afraid the Infection will get

worse and perhaps affect her all sorts of guts. I think what

brain. He wants. to put Lady.
to sleep, but Kris cannot
bear the thought of that and
wants us to find a cure. Foor
- Lady and poor Kris! Do you
think we should go ahead
and take the doctor’s advice,

.or should we care for Lady =

until the end? Kris wants me
to read your reply to him. [I
hope we get one before Lady
dies].

STEWART: Dear Kris:
Golly Kris I think I know how
terrible you feel about Lady
and about having to make
this difficult decision. Once

in a while in life we just have ©

to make a decision when
there doesn't seem to be any

I would do if I were in your
spot would be to get Lady to

-another doctor just as quick

as you can in the hope that
the. new doctor may just
happen to know about some
miracle drug that will help.

But, if he feels Lady ought
to be helped to sleep and
freed from her awful suffer-
ing, I'd gather up all my
strength and, for Lady’s
sake, I'd agree to put an end
to her. pain. It’s hard to do
Kris, but I believe if you
think more about ‘‘Lady”’ it
will help. It may be hard, and
you may cry, but you'll be
glad you did the best thing

good answer at all. It takes for Lady.

Exploring “Love Principles”

QUESTION: Why

don’t

you schedule a meeting for

any of us who are Interested
in exploring the Love Prin-

ciples? You’d have ONE

person there anyway—ME!

STEWART: Now that is a

very good idea. Why not? I'll
think about it and let you
know. (2 minute pause) Well,
I've thought about it and am
excitedly intrigued. Watch
this space for further devel-
opments.

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