panther's lair

as a young teenager, i thought they were damn cool seeming. i was all about them. [important note: at that point in my life, i had never read a self-help book. i had never even looked through one. i rather doubt i had even ever held one in my hands. i had only heard of them.]

in college, i thought they were crap. end of story, no exceptions. [important note: i had still never read one, but i had taken psychology classes and gotten a feel for the opinions of a professor that i admired a great deal].

now, i fall in a much more reasonable middle area. some of them are complete crap. many of them in fact. however, there are also many of them that seem pretty damn good to me. of course, i just realized that i don't know if all books that offer advice on making improvements to your life are considered self-help. is my feeling good handbook self-help? are the books i have read about losing my dad self-help...those books have been good in my opinion. so now, i have actually seen some decent ones, seen some lousy ones- and realize that (as with everything else it seems), it isn't black and white.

ah, shades of gray