I saw a marvelous version of the play by Edward Albee this week. The pain and anguish of the dysfunctional relationships in the play were difficult to watch. The characters caught in the web of their own human failings lash out to inflict harm on each other. They care about each other but their own frailties prevent the development of healthy relationships. In these situations in the real world people who witness this kind of struggle are often wounded their whole lives ,and have difficulty creating healthy patterns of love and caring. No one is raised in a perfect environment, but I have been blessed to experience models of caring where the ultimate goal is the welfare of others as well as myself. Without any sense of superiority it behooves those of us who have been spared the pain of participating in such dysfunction to reach out to someone caught in the throes of such difficulty.