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For switching lanes, here’s something I learned in driving lessons: SMOG= Signal, Mirror, Over the Shoulder (check your blind spot), Go. They want to see you looking over your shoulder. And use your mirrors a lot- all of them. They look out for that, too. (At least here they do.) And one more thing that really helped me- someone once told me that it’s where you look, that’s where you’ll go. Look to the center of the road and that’s where you’ll end up. Don’t keep worrying that you’re too much to one side or the other.

Hope that helps. Good luck!

Wow, this whole thread is really inspiring… just one point:

“Most gedolim have dealings with people who have depression, as it’s very common- much more common than people are willing to let on.” -this may be true, but I believe a big part of the problem lies in the fact that people don’t always want to acknowledge their illness in order to be able to deal with it precisely because of this- because no Rabbanim or leaders discuss it publicly.

…which leads me to my question. How would one go about convincing someone to acknowledge their problem and try to get help for it if they’re blaming everyone else for it? What is there to do about it?

In the former Soviet Union, Stalin goes to visit a kindergarten. He makes conversation by asking the children what they would like to be when they grow up.

He starts with the first child.

“Who’s your mother?”

“Mother Russia”

Who’s your father?”

“Father Stalin”

“What would you like to be when you grow up?”

“A Doctor”

He goes on to the next child and asks the same questions.

“…Mother Russia…Father Stalin…a nurse”

He goes through the class until he finally reaches the last child.

“Who’s your mother?”

“Mother Russia”

“Who’s your father?”

“Father Stalin”

“What do you want to be when you grow up?”

“An orphan”

I think it’s “haze”. But don’t the CD’s usually come with the words to the songs?