>This reminds me of my late grandmother who was a professing Christian Scientist.

Uh oh...

>They are great believers in the notion that if they can change something in their minds it is actually changed in reality.

There is no spoon.

>So, does that mean that in a crowd you turn invisible? <g>

I don't follow you there.

Here's the thing, no matter what I do I won't look back at any moment of my life and say "Boy, if I had done something else instead, I'd be a much better person". I have nothing to sastify. I have no deity.