Now that I know that I am no wiser than anyone else, does this wisdom make me wiser?

By approaching my problems with "What might make things a little better?" rather than "What is the solution?" I avoid setting myself up for certain frustration. My experience has shown me that I am not going to solve anything in one stroke; at best I am only going to chip away at it.

Before, I thought I was actually fighting for my own self-worth; that is why I so desperately wanted people to like me. I thought their liking me was a comment on me, but it was a comment on them.

When I get to where I can enjoy just lying on the rug picking up lint balls, I will no longer be too ambitious.

We feel understood by people who like us; misunderstood by people who don't -- and those feelings are probably realistic.

True humor is fun - it does not put down, kid, or mock. It makes people feel wonderful, not separate, different, and cut off. True humor has beneath it the understanding that we are all in this together.

It's this simple: If I never try anything, I never learn anything. If I never take a risk, I stay where I am.