In this world and these times when so much seems hopeless, the magazines at the supermarket checkout line offer Incredible Optimism for Personal Betterment.
Lose weight! 40 pounds in 3o days! Nine waist inches in 21 days! Say goodbye to stress and tiredness! Ditto ringing ears, heartburn, and joint pain!
Cut diabetes risk in half! Cure your worry! Eat for pennies! Improve your luck! And your hearing! Fix your hormones . . .
Heaven knows I'd benefit from all of these. Yet such is my cynicism that I somehow managed not to purchase either magazine.Still, 4o pounds in 30 days . . . Hmmm . . .
