Dear reader,

I was teaching a group of young women, and I asked them to raise their hand if they loved themselves. All the hands eventually rose, but reluctantly.

I then asked them to raise their hand if they felt that they had any ugly faults or flaws that they would like to change. Surprisingly, the hands now all rose swiftly and unhesitatingly.

We could translate this as a lack of...

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The Jewish canoeing team lost the championship race by a large margin.

“Why were you beaten so badly?” everyone asked.

“Simple,” the captain responded. “Each team consisted of 10 people. The other teams had one person directing and nine people canoed. Our team had nine directors and one person paddling!”