“The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves—say rather, loved in spite of ourselves.”~ Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (1862) ~ Let’s be honest. The Dude has his moments. Some of them are hard to believe, even for the Dude. And Mama’s still right there. Same smile. Still in…
“We have two ears and one mouth so we can listen twice as much as we speak.”~ Zeno of Citium (paraphrase, per Diogenes Laërtius) ~ Two ears. One mouth. Somebody did the math a long time ago. Next conversation, try it. Let them finish. Then wait one more beat, because the real stuff usually shows…
“It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.”~ W. L. Watkinson, 1907 (condensed) ~ Some days the dark shows up uninvited. A rough week. A friend who’s hurting. News that makes you want to hide under a rock…deep in the forest where no one can find you. Don’t wait for the…
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change……courage to change the things I can……and the wisdom to know the difference.”~ Serenity Prayer, Reinhold Niebuhr (common version) ~ Letting go doesn’t mean giving up. It doesn’t mean throwing in the towel. It means loosening our grip. Not everything has to go a…
