I agree. They help us to hear ourselves express "out loud" and become more clear about what works and what doesn't. And we give them the opportunity to have a breakthrough for themselves, too -- they get the chance to see that they don't have to suffer because someone thinks differently than they do.
Wouldn't it be nice if people didn't have to cause themselves such pain, though, over other people's beliefs? All this head-banging and frustration. There have been people here who have banged their head against the wall of other people's beliefs for years, never noticing that if they simply shift their perspective a little, even for a moment, they could feel better.
It's like that old joke about the guy who complains to his doctor, "Doctor, doctor, I get this stabbing pain in my eye every time I drink coffee!" And the doctor replies, "Take the spoon out."
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