Like cars, every relationship requires a bit of an occasional service, and fine-tuning should be compulsory.

When the going gets tough, the prospect of delegating half your responsibilities to a willing volunteer, either to play a supporting role or take over the breadwinning, certainly holds allure.

As a species, we tend to be doers, forever shaping and reshaping the world to better suit our purposes.

Life is rife with frustrations, jealousies and, on occasion, an overwhelming sense of its injustices, but it's a big mistake to let such negative sentiments rule our lives and dictate choices.

Like cars, every relationship requires a bit of an occasional service, and fine-tuning should be compulsory.

There are more than enough people with serious mental issues who really do need professional help without all the other Toms, Dicks and Harriets rushing to the therapist's couch.

Joy acts like a trampoline, everything that touches it bouncing right back off it.