There is a ridiculous story about a weight lifter who appeared at an agent's office. The muscle-bound performer was carrying a stone, a big hammer, and a huge suitcase. "This big stone," he explained to the agent, "is placed on my head, then my assistant takes the hammer and swings it as hard as he can, and breaks the stone."

The agent's head nearly ached just from the description, but he was quite enthusiastic. "Sounds wonderful!" he shouted. "But if you need only the hammer and the big stone for the performance why did you bring this big suitcase?"

The weight lifter replied, "It's full of aspirin."

There are a lot of people who function quite nicely in society, who seem like they've got it all together, who come across as if they have life all figured out, but somewhere they've got a …