He said this in a kind way, much the way that the psychiatrist examining Paul Bowles as to his fitness for the Army spoke. No one's going to hurt you, he reassured Bowles, having already moved a pair of scissors out of Bowles' reach. Why, indeed, I thought. On my behalf Id like to say that I am capable of learning, and the next time something like that happens, I will immediately think that the phone is broken. And Ill go on to the next.
Flexibility is one of the signs of mental health.