The sad thing is, I was discovering that you almost have to make a joke of being good to strangers. Up and down the country, these people doing their good deeds were doubtless being seen as slightly eccentric, when in reality and in an ideal world they should be deemed the most normal people of all.

The only time you have no opportunities is when you decide to stop taking them.

The closed mind is a disease. You need to have an open mind; otherwise life will just pass you by.

And as I looked at the star, I realised what millions of other people have realised when looking at stars. We're tiny. We don't matter. We're here for a second and then gone the next. We're a sneeze in the life of the universe.

Sometimes the little opportunities that fly at us each day can have the biggest impact.

If I was going to act irresponsibly, the least I could do was be responsible for it.

I will say yes to every favor, request, suggestion and invitation. I will swear to say yes where once I would say no.