Think about any attachments that are depleting your emotional reserves. Consider letting them go.

I have named myself an unofficial ambassador for Australia and I have the biggest mouth on Earth.

If friends disappoint you over and over, that's in large part your own fault. Once someone has shown a tendency to be self-centered, you need to recognize that and take care of yourself; people aren't going to change simply because you want them to.

You did the best you could, the best you knew how at the time." It was something like that. From Oprah on an Oprah show. Then I believe my quote above was from Maya Angelou on the Oprah show, not Oprah herself. I had heard it before but it was on Oprah's show again 1-7-09 and she said Maya had said it.

You will survive anything if you live your life from the point of view of truth.

I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.

Even as a kid, my memories are of books taking me out of myself.