Arranging for and allowing ourselves to have fun is an important part of taking care of ourselves. It helps us stay healthy. It helps us work better. It balances life. We deserve to have fun. Fun is a normal part of being alive. Fun is taking time to celebrate being alive.

Choosing to take responsibility for ourselves and for the consequences our choices create looks like hard work, but it really sets us free.

Gratitude turns what we have into enough.

Living our lives may not be an exciting prospect to some of us either. Maybe we've been so wrapped up in other people that we've forgotten how to live and enjoy our lives.

Today I will stop trying to control my relationships. I will participate at a reasonable level and let the other person do the same. I can let go, knowing that the relationship will find its own life-or not-and that I don't have to do all the work, only my share.

Sometimes, we don't get what we want. . . But this is a benevolent universe. And once in a while, we do.

We need to build downtime into our lives, so that we can have solitude without feeling overcome with guilt.