Think About It 081: GORDON LIVINGSTON

 

We all carry around inside ourselves some idea of what we would like our lives to be.  The images of success with which we are bombarded are, in general, both superficial and unattainable.  The values of steadfastness and determination do not receive the admiration they deserve.  In fact, a consumer society is likely to celebrate the quick solution, the drug that will provide relief, the replacement of the old with the new, the triumph of form over substance.  These messages, surrounding us like the air we breathe, produce a lot of confusion about what will make us happy.

 

 

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Use the link below to read the obituary of North American psychiatrist, author and anti-war protester GORDON LIVINGSTON (1939–2016):

 

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bs-md-ob-gordon-livingston-20160323-story.html

 

 

 

 

 

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