I have two personal examples from my life that suggest to me that dogs do reincarnate. It's a fascinating series of coincidences at the very least, even if you don't buy into the concept.

Don't be fooled by format. Look at the content. Particularly as this concept applies to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

Don't be fooled by format. Look at the content. Particularly as this concept applies to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

Sometimes what appears to be bad luck at the moment proves to be good luck some time later. And vice versa. So it's best not to label anything that happens at the moment as good or bad. Just stay with your program, keep your spirits up, and press forward.

Sometimes what appears to be bad luck at the moment proves to be good luck some time later. And vice versa. So it's best not to label anything that happens at the moment as good or bad. Just stay with your program, keep your spirits up, and press forward.

We terrorize ourselves with fear thoughts. We exaggerate them. We magnify them. We take our fear thoughts to catastrophic "what if" levels which are usually unfounded and irrational, and then we react to the unfounded, irrational catastrophic thoughts with intense anxiety, panic and dread. It's dysfunctional. It's short-sighted. It's self-destructive. Because it causes us to make bad decisions based on fear not facts. In the case of Donald Trump, catastrophic thinking has led people to false conclusions, such as: he's Hitler, he's going to tank the stock market, he's going to end the world, etc. He may prove to be a terrible president were he to be elected. He may prove to do a lot of stuff that upsets many people. But he's not Hitler and he's not the devil incarnate and he's not going to bring Armageddon crashing down upon us. Distorting reality never pays off because it leads to making bad decisions based on false data. Staying grounded in facts is a much better approach.

We terrorize ourselves with fear thoughts. We exaggerate them. We magnify them. We take our fear thoughts to catastrophic "what if" levels which are usually unfounded and irrational, and then we react to the unfounded, irrational catastrophic thoughts with intense anxiety, panic and dread. It's dysfunctional. It's short-sighted. It's self-destructive. Because it causes us to make bad decisions based on fear not facts. In the case of Donald Trump, catastrophic thinking has led people to false conclusions, such as: he's Hitler, he's going to tank the stock market, he's going to end the world, etc. He may prove to be a terrible president were he to be elected. He may prove to do a lot of stuff that upsets many people. But he's not Hitler and he's not the devil incarnate and he's not going to bring Armageddon crashing down upon us. Distorting reality never pays off because it leads to making bad decisions based on false data. Staying grounded in facts is a much better approach.

Forgiveness. Acceptance. Love. These are spiritual principles that should be integrated into every psychotherapeutic process.

Forgiveness. Acceptance. Love. These are spiritual principles that should be integrated into every psychotherapeutic process.

When forced to pick the lesser of two evils, you end up with evil. Is this really the best we can do?