If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves. From time to time, I choose to live in a state of denial. Truth can hurt.
Reality can be hard to handle.
Handing in assignments on time takes hard work. Dealing with damaged relationships requires uncharacteristic amounts of patience, love, and compassion. An event in the summer of 1995 illustrates the danger. Her parents had been avoiding treatment. They were following the advice of a doctor who claims that cancer is just a state of mind.