Myths as symbolic truths

• Watching dramas can affect us because they are extremely pleasurable to watch.
• It gives us a place to go when life gets hard, something like a comfortable blanket, that allows us to rest and regroup our thoughts.
• Stories, lest we forget, makes us think about big issues and...

People who have been through divorces almost always say communication is the most important thing. But the thing people with happy marriages consider the most important is a deep respect for their partner as well as respect for themselves.

• Respe...

For more than two million years, our human ancestors lived in small groups that they considered their own. They created a demarcation of us vs them, as people cared and cooperated with people in their own tribe while fearing and aggressing people ou...