showing that she is not lower than others but higher than they, by displaying her personality in a brilliant image, more glittering than it is in reality. So she walks with a strut and speaks

in a loud, booming voice, and most of her topics are the praising of herself and talk of her past and her future. But behind these attempts there lies hidden a deep feeling of inadequacy which embitters her life and troubles her mind; and very often it breeds in her soul a mad desire for superi-ority. Then the struggle between this desire and the inner incapac-ity flares up, and leads to a state of madness which Dr. Alfred Adler called the madness of grandeur, and to which many of our brothers in society fall victim.

Because of the gravity of these psychological ailments, which threaten the very being of the individual and of society, it is our duty to treat them as bodily dis-eases are treated: doctors should

specialize in them, and we should establish hospitals for them, as is the case in the advanced countries. The most modern methods followed in treating these ailments are suggestion and psychoanalysis. Suggestion means that the doctor suggests to the patient the opposite of what he feels. As for modern psycho-analysis — Freud's — it means reaching the origin of the illness, which usually goes back to the stage of childhood. All the ana-lyst does is to bring the patient, by drawing him out, to empty what is in his breast and to utter all the past events and memories, until he arrives at the distant, fundamental root of the illness; and then treatment becomes easy.

But there are, dear reader, certain ways of guarding against these ailments getting out of hand:

— Keep yourself always busy with useful work; join the clubs; take part in every activity

that agrees with your particular inclinations, and multiply your social connections. Think of serving others, especially the poor and the needy among them. For in helping others we forget ourselves and feel happiness.

— Trust in yourself; do not despair over any flaw or bodily defect in you. God has not yet created the perfect man. Rather, cultivate your good talents and qualities, and use all the mental and bodily faculties you have been granted; in this way you will have rid yourself of the weakness in you.

— Live in the present: do not let your bad memories of the past occupy the chief place in your thinking.

— Order your life: set a time for everything.

— Face difficulties and meet life with a smiling face; do not attempt to retreat from your hard tasks; march on — beware of hes-itation; be confident of yourself.