"Humansshouldnottry toavoidstress any more than theywouldshunfood, loveorexercise," said Dr. Hans Selye, the firstphysician to document the effectsof stress on the body.
Realistically, the country is a community of individuals and private institutions, including the family, with their own interests, bound not by mutual love but by the political principles that are set forth in the Constitution, a document that secures and celebrates the freedom to pursue those interests, varied as they might be.