The man who says that he does not deserve his wife is probably right, but not for the reasons he thinks.
Before I can accept someone's help, I must accept their presence.
How much more comfortable it is to say 'Yes, and...' than 'Yes, but...'.
If there were no nobodies, The somebodies would not have anybody, To convince that they were somebody, Except some other somebody, Who would not be convinced anyway.
Years ago I heard the Indian Jesuit Raimundo Panikkar say: Expect Nothing.
It is said that in life we must play with the cards we are dealt, but too often I have kept those cards too close to my chest.