Excerpts from A Psychology of Love and True Success: A Psychology of Love"Emotions and associated waking and dreaming thoughts are signals to us about safety and danger. Circumstances in the present may not be dangerous at all; yet if they seem like previously experienced dangerous situations, then we may experience the emotions of danger; ie, anxiety, fear, anger, and depression." True Success"Competition is probably the result of both biological and socially shaped (learned) influences.----There is a natural tendency for every child to not only want to feel appreciated and affirmed but also to want to be more appreciated and more special than everyone else (especially more than brothers and sisters). This wish may drive us to incredible competition with one another, always with ever increasing stakes. The only relief from this "rat race" is to discover that we all have a unique specialness which does not depend upon being the best or better than anyone else." The Center For Creative Balance is dedicated to helping find balance in an unbalanced world.