GUILT

We are often experts in guilt. Certainly we have learned it from masters. We unquestioningly and with great doggedness go about our assigned tasks without a grumble or a reproach. We are armed, however, with our sighs, our clenched teeth, our pathetic looks of "acceptance," and our sagging shoulders. Our favorite phrase is "That's okay," and we really don't mean it. One of our greatest skills is suffering, and we do it so well.

*We get our pound of flesh, and we lose our souls in the process. That's a high trade-off. ahhh