### belief | expectation:

Rational expectation
* assumes that people use all the information they have as well as they can.
* say that people are intelligent instead of just plain reactionary.

Unrealistic expectation
* are notorious for causing holiday stress.
* can lead to frustration and discord.
* cause depression.
* increase anxiety and agitation in the person and stress for the caregiver.
* lead directly to stress and, indirectly, to illness.

### belief:

Fairy
* Fairies actually see the flow of life through all things.
* Fairies are beautiful and magical creatures
  - common to folklore all over the world
  - different in many ways
  - diminutive human beings
  - invisible and inaudible like angels
  - magical creatures that have captured the imagination of many
  - mythical beings of folklore and romance
  - nature spirits
* Fairies are the fallen angels
  - guiding spirits of locations on earth
  - cache food for winter, using primarily dried nuts, berries
* Fairies can be good to humans, or bad
  - very tiny, or very large
  - catch the sparks in bottles and make things fly
  - come in all different forms
  - exist all over the world
* Fairies have real butterfly wings
  - their homes in hills, lakes and rocky mountains
  - very limited intelligence
* Fairies live no more than seven years
  - under the stones
  - love to dance and are fond of the music of fiddles, harps, tambourines, and cymbals
  - traditionally kidnap babies in order to leave changelings
* Most fairies look like miniature humans, although there are some who can appear as small animals.
* Some fairy armadillos use claws.
* has wings.
* is being
  - intelligent agents
* spiritual being

### belief | fairy:

Elf
* Elves Are mostly wolf-blooded, though a few pure bloods remain
  - also can see in the dark
* Elves are able to see in the dark, or see infrared spectrum in daylight
  - bipeds and usually grow to heights of greater than six foot
  - born about one year after their begetting
  - bright flashes of light in the night sky resulting from lightning within thunderstorms
  - carefree nature spirits who dance andplay stringed instruments
  - fair skined and typically have light hair
  - good at archery and the making of cloaks
  - lithe and intelligent and excel in spellcraft
  - masters of earth-based magic, which is no necessarily nature magic
  - merry creatures who live in colonies under the earth
  - naturally immortal
  - still powerful manipulators of magic
* Elves are the first of the eight families of fairy People
  - shortest lived, lasting significantly less than a millisecond
  - thin, expanding doughnuts of light found on the lower edge of the ionosphere
  - unable to cross moving water
* Elves are very bright, short flashes of lightning high above the clouds at the very edge of space
  - powerful but rare creatures
* Elves can be rather arrogant to all races, but they especially disdain dwarves
  - shape-shift into the various creaturs of the forest such as caterpillars
  - wield many kinds of weapons and cast magic spells, too
  - combine fighting, bow and magic skills
* Elves have a natural affinity for magic and things magical
  - great empathy, especially with animals
  - moderate prowess in both fighting and magic
  - several types of magic
  - learn to use magic
  - live for centuries
* Elves make dolls
  - fake suns
  - supposedly have hollow backs and are never quite corporeal in our world
  - tend to be tall and slender and spend most of their time dancing in the woods
  - typically have four children or fewer
  - usually hunt and fish a good deal of their own food but most supplies are bought from outside
* Some elves have human appearances with exception of animal feet, ears, skin, or teeth.
* like to help in the garden, helping to grow plants and food.