Think of your husband as a lover from a previous life, and wonder what you did to deserve him.

Cultivate night-blooming jasmine near your bedroom window, and dream of men you've always longed for.

Collect treasures that have meaning only to you. Put them in a special place, and explain them to no one, except when you're giving interviews to Time magazine.

Do not determine to change your life eventually. If you have decided to change your life, it is already changing.

Think of your husband as a lover from a previous life, and wonder what you did to deserve him.

Aloneness, like life, becomes more interesting when you realize it's a present.