... That's a big order. Who among us is up to imitating God? Can you think, though, of a more effective formula for escaping our feelings of inferiority? Let's use an example. For 33 years Yul Brynner was the King of Siam in the Rogers and Hammerstein musical, THE KING AND I. We are told that in the earlier years Brynner was made up to resemble the part. By the time he reached his sixties, however, he no longer required makeup. He had become the part. What better way to escape our feelings of inferiority than ...
... in vain. Freed whales often turn around and swim determinedly back onto the shore. Why? No one knows. It's been happening at least since the time of Aristotle. Many possible explanations have been offered, but nobody really knows the answer. In the words of Yul Brynner's king of Siam, "It is a puzzlement." But there is a greater mystery. Why will a bright, healthy, well-clothed young person risk impairment of mind, soul and body by experimenting with drugs? Or why, knowing all we know about the effects of ...
... “The King and I” (1956). How many of you have ever seen it? One of the most memorable moments is when the widow Anna (Deborah Kerr), the Christian school-teacher who has come to teach the King of Siam’s children, first really connects with the King (Yul Brynner). She does it with this song: [If you can play here “Shall We Dance?” or show the scene on the screen, fantastic!] Shall we dance? On a bright cloud of music shall we fly? Shall we dance? Shall we then say "Goodnight and mean "Goodbye"? Or ...
