Desire sets our compass, but real life steers our course.

The truth is, there is no line. There's only your life, how you mess it up, and who is there to save you. Or who isn't.

I give myself a good cry if I need it, but then I concentrate on all good things still in my life.

Be compassionate," Morrie whispered. And take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much better a place." He took a breath, then added his mantra: "Love each other or die.

Timing is everything. That´s right. Which is why our sages tell us to repent exactly one day before we die." But how do you know it´s the day before you die? I asked. He raised his eyebrows. "Exactly

He cried that night for all that he had lost, but he would say it taught him a valuable lesson: that holding on to things "will only break your heart.

Without love we all like birds with broken wings.