The most reliable ways to make oneself miserable are attempting to change people and not attempting to change circumstances.

Once given, a gift is yours to use, store or dispose of as you see fit.

When you are stuck in a group of people who merely trade turns at talking about themselves instead of actually conversing, it could be a matter of their not really knowing how to converse as opposed to being too small-minded or excessively Facebooked.

Almost no one can take on an entire future in one step, much less while reeling emotionally.

It's hard to send your baby off on a plane without you, though that's less reasonable, because sending him off in a car is statistically a bigger risk.

Awkwardness is when there's a risk of a perception gap between what you mean and what you appear to mean.

It takes awareness that it's not only not a bad thing to let others do things their own way, it is in fact an improvement. It makes life richer and more interesting.