McPherson, James, 237 problems as, 158 Mechanical thinking, 144 treating failure as, 244 Medicis, 40–41 Optimism, 250 Memory, loss of, 1–2 Osborn, Alex, 174 Mental attitude, positive, 180 Ouspensky, Peter, 21, 24, 25, 29 Mental fitness, 255 Outer world, 119, 120 Mental power, unleashing, 154–177, 254 Mental preparation, disappointment and, Paranoid, inverse, 189 203–204 Parenting, 23–24 Mental programming Parents successful people, 15–16 and children, 235 techniques, 191 forgiveness and, 34–35 Mental rehearsal, practicing, 192–193 personality and, 3
and felt a new wave of disappointment. The rest of the day passed slowly, dismally. In Gym, we had a lecture on the rules of badminton, the next torture they had lined up for me. But at least it meant I got to sit and listen instead of stumbling around on the court. The best part was the coach didn't finish, so I got another day off tomorrow. Never mind that the day after they would arm me with a racket before unleashing me on the rest of the class. I was glad to leave campus, so I would be free to pout and mope before I went out tonight with Jessica and company. But right after I walked in the door of Charlie's house, Jessica called to cancel our plans. I tried to be happy that Mike had asked her out to dinner -- I really was relieved that he finally seemed to be catching on -- but my enthusiasm sounded false in my own ears. She rescheduled our shopping trip for tomorrow night.
However, his c a p a c i t y to love becomes d i s t o r t e d by the death o f his mother at the hand of Tusken raiders. In a sequence that recalls the Western movie universe of John Ford's The Searchers, 288 EPILOGUE: LOOKING BACK ON THE JOURNEY A n a k i n finds his mother horribly tortured by the savages and overreacts to her death, unleashing a tide of bloody revenge that makes h i m almost unredeemable in an audience's eyes. In Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, A n a k i n becomes obsessed with the fear of losing that which he loves, Princess Amidala, and is haunted by prophetic dreams of her dying in childbirth. H e is thus easy prey for the temptations o f Senator Palpatine, who holds out the promise of an elixir that can rescue loved ones from death
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