The Case of the Sore Thumb

A SORE THUMB can be very annoying--so much so that it will make us forget all about the other nine healthy fingers we have. The sore thumb becomes our central idea. . .that's all we can think of. This is also true when persons, places or situations annoy us because they are not as we think they should be. We concentrate on what annoys us and the whole picture of whoever or whatever it is becomes blurred by our intolerant view.