One day I sat in my favorite green chair, teacup in hand, in that predawn quietness, with my mind wandering here and there. Not surprisingly, it wandered into a quagmire of self doubt. As I felt myself sink into a familiar sense of bleakness, it occurred to me that I didn't have low self esteem in every area of my life. Just some areas.The thought brightened me considerably. Suddenly an image floated into my mind-that of a rowboat, one with a few...