" THERE EXISTS GOLD , ALSO AN ABUNDACE OF CORALS ; BUT THE LIPS OF KNOWLEDGE ARE PRECIOUS VESSELS ." - Proverbs 20 : 15.

" E-mail , text messaging and iPods are causing a global epidemic of shyness ," report Australia' s Sunday Telegraph. According to phsycholo-gist and researcher Robin Abrahams , shyness in social situations now affects about half the population , which represents a significant rise over past levels. "Thechnology is enabling us to opt out of difficult situations and causing people to become more insular ," says Abraham. "People. . . e-mail or txt one another rather than talk ."