Two similar-sounding English words caused trouble for a man who wanted to fly from Los Angeles to Oakland, California.His problems began at the airport in Los Angeles.He thought heheard his flight announced, so he walked to the gate, showed his ticket, and got on theplane.After flying for twenty minutes,the man began to worry.Oakland was north of Los
Angeles,but the plane seemed to be heading west, and when he looked out his window all hecould see was ocean.“Is this plane going to Oakland?” he asked the flight attendant.Theflight attendant was shocked.“No, she said.“We’re going to Auckland—Auckland, NewZealand.”
Not everybody feels the same way about cars.To some, cars arc just machines on wheels.Thesepeople hunt for the best value.They look for vehicles that are not only affordable but alsoreliable, gas efficient, reasonably safe and not too expensive to repair.To some, cars areemotional extensions of their owners.Think about the excitement when one looks at a luxurycar.The status, speed and wealth represented by such a car are certainly attractive.There isalso a special class of car owners.To them, modern day vehicles are artisticdisasters—tasteless and boring.The only real cars are those vehicles they see in movies intheir grandparents’ time.These cars may be really antique but not ugly.
No one gets out of this world alive, and few people come through life without at least oneserious illness.If we are given a serious diagnosis, it is useful to try to remain free ofpanic and depression.Panic can constrict the blood vessels and impose an additional burden onthe heart.Depression, as medical researchers all the way back to Galen have observed, can setthe stage for other illnesses or intensify existing ones.It is no surprise that so manypatients who learn that they have cancer or heart disease—or any other catastrophicdisease—become worse at the time of diagnosis.The moment they have a label to attach to theirsymptoms, the illness deepens.
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