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10 April 2009
WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE
I have created this website to
accomplish the following:1. for interested persons to find me and know more about me.
2. to make information available.
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Briefly, I am a physician with 50 years of experience as a psychiatrist, counselor and educator. I now live in Brazil with my very special wife, Maria de Lourdes Alves Vidal, who is a clinical psychologist. I maintain my American citizenship, though the huge metroplex of São Paulo has been my home for almost 20 years. For those that do not know much about São Paulo, it is cosmopolitan, the financial and cultural center of Brazil - and has a population estimated at 20 million. I reside in the central portion of the city.
SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THE HUMAN
CONDITION
To live is to be challenged -
over and over again. Overcoming challenges is sometimes easy and
sometimes difficult, but always possible.Life without interdependence is not possible. We are always participating in a multitude of social relationships - with both individuals and groups. Perpetuation of a relationship obligates us to adhere to the "membership requirements." If we don't like the requirements, it is always possible to "opt out" and to select more compatible and rewarding relationships.
In open societies we live in a universe of abundance, not scarcity. To believe in scarcity is to deny yourself love and fulfillment.
Parents, no matter how loving, seldom realize that children experience innumerable threats to their existence and the inherent fear that are associated with those threats. If those fears are not attended by parents, the potential for a life of suffering is increased.