Letting people in is largely a matter of not expending the energy to keep them out.

I sometimes react to making a mistake as if I have betrayed myself. My fear of making a mistake seems to be based on the hidden assumption that I am potentially perfect and that if I can just be very careful I will not fall from heaven. But a 'mistake' is a declaration of the way I am, a jolt to the way I intend, a reminder I am not dealing with the facts. When I have listened to my mistakes I have grown.

There is nothing more painful than walking around with bitterness in your heart.

I can't be found in myself; I discover myself in others. That much is clear. And I suspect that I also love and care for myself in others.

Happiness is a present attitude and not a future condition.

Stands must be taken. If I am to respect myself I have to search myself for what I believe is right and take a stand on what I find. Otherwise, I have not gathered together what I have been given; I have not embraced what I have learned; I lack my own conviction.

Next time I will ..." "From now on I will ..." - What makes me think I am wiser today than I will be tomorrow?