Fear | Humor | Perspective | Risk | Understanding

GETTING THE ODDS ON YOUR SIDE
Michael Colvin, Pastor of the Church of the Brethren in Woodbridge, Virginia sent in the following, which he gleaned from Dr. Jerome Frank, Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University: Whenever I am flying and I engage people in conversation a confession is almost always forth-coming when they find out I am a psychiatrist. A few years ago, before all of the modern security measures were installed at the nation’s airports, a man I was sitting next to on a coast-to-coast flight told me, “You know, I used to be deathly afraid of flying. It all started after than man brought a bomb on board a flight to Denver to kill his mother-in-law. I could never get it out of my mind that someone on board one of my flights might also be carrying a bomb.” I asked, “Well, what did you do about it?” He replied, “Well, I went to one of those special schools for people…

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