•1 Do events leave you uncolored or do events color your thoughts, feelings, reactions, and self-esteem?
•2 Do life changes leave you unbroken and unharmed or do life changes harm your thoughts, feelings, reactions, and ego?
•3 Do politics and social problems leave you undisturbed or do they disturb your thoughts, feelings, reactions, and self-esteem?
•4 Does the weather leave you unclouded and unaffected or do environmental conditions cloud your thoughts, feelings, reactions, and ego?
•5 Do personal comments or insults leave you untouched and unscathed or do personal comments touch and thereby affect your thoughts, feelings, reactions, and self-esteem?