You no doubt have heard the old story of the three inmates of a mental hospital who were having a discussion. The first insisted that he was Napoleon Bonaparte. The second asked how he knew he was Napoleon Bonaparte. The first replied, "God told me!" And the third chimed in, "I did not!"

And then there was the patient who appeared unexpectedly at his psychiatrist’s office, and asked what was wrong by the doctor, he replied, "I just HAD to come today, Doctor. For some reason, I just feel myself."

Well, these are more and deeper than just satirical humor. They point out one of the common symptoms of the sick mentality, a person’s delusion that he is someone else other than he is. And we meet that tragedy more and more each day. There is a self, there is a self here that we all tend to forg…