I Don't Get It

If we are always making the wrong decision[s] ... we may need to learn why we insist on defeating ourselves. (Melody Beattie, The Language of Letting Go, 27 November)

It is tempting to our ego to feel that we can exercise control over the lives of those around us, but it is counter to reality. (Food For Thought, 30 November)

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I don't get it. How can the president of a country engaged in wars in two countries receive the Nobel Peace Prize?