Very seldom will a person give up on himself. He continues to have hope because he knows he has the potential for change. He tries again - not just to exist, but to bring about those changes in himself that will make life worth living. Yet people are very quick to give up on friends, and especially on their spouses, to declare them hopeless, and to either walk away or do nothing more than resign themselves to a bad situation.

No matter what we talk about, we are talking about ourselves

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

Letting go is freedom. When you find yourself in a useless battle, you merely walk off the battlefield.

Don't strive for love, be it.

There is no place love is not.

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.