the person is called an Asian I thought you might know that.
Sure. There are many things in life that might affect a person's outlook and belief--reading another person's views included.
Sometimes it can be true that reading will decrease the stress level. It will cause the person to think on the story. That person will think and might feel good forgetting the reason of stress.
reading, driving, watching tv, using tools
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If you can touch the person on the arm or shoulder without embarrassment, then you should ask the person out. I am a guy answering this question....thought you might wanna know.
Well.... if I thought the victim might be armed, or there might be a weapon in the house, or business, or car, or on their person, it sure would deter ME.
A person who collects things is typically called a "collector" or a "collector specialist."
Reading might relate to you because, in some books there might be a problem you have had experience with or there might be a accident or some kind of event that may have happened to you or your friend.
they might have thought it would hurt him if he found out differently about the person he thought was his father
You can cook the onions from onion grass but you might want to rinse it off.
Actually, they might be saying that they have other concerns...that they cannot manage to help the other person cope with their illness. The other person can try to be in the dying person's life, but it does have to be at the level of caring without a thought for what might be personally gained. Help needs to be unintrusive to the ill person's needs.