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On our grudge list we set opposite each name our injuries. Was it our self-esteem, our security, our ambitions, our personal, or sex relations, which had been interfered with?

We were usually as definite as this example:

I’m resentful at: The Cause Affects my:Mr. Brown His attention to my Sex relations
wife. Self-esteem (fear)
Told my wife of my Sex relations
mistress. Self-esteem (fear)
Brown may get my job Security
at the office. Self-esteem (fear)Mrs. Jones She’s a nut — she Personal relation-
snubbed me. She ship. Self-esteem
committed her hus- (fear)
band for drinking.
He’s my friend
She’s a gossip.My employer Unreasonable — Unjust Self-esteem (fear)
— Overbearing — Security.
Threatens to fire
me for my drinking
and padding my
expense account.My wife Misunderstands and Pride — Personal
nags. Likes Brown. sex relations —
Wants house put in Security (fear)
her name.

We went back through our lives. Nothing counted but thoroughness and honesty. When we were finished we considered it carefully. The first thing apparent