Sometimes the message in the Peanuts comic strip is just too close to reality. I guess that’s why it works so well! Here’s one example:

Charlie Brown and Linus are walking together. Linus says: “Your trouble Charlie Brown, is that you live by mottos and trite sayings.”

Then Linus continues: “You really thought that if you gritted your teeth it would help you become a hero. Well, there’s more to life than gritting your teeth. . . .

“Charlie Brown, do you understand what I’m trying to tell you?”

In the last panel, Charlie Brown says: “Maybe I don’t grit them hard enough . . .maybe if I . . .”

All that Linus can do is “sigh.”

Sometimes the problem with communication is the belief that it has been accomplished!