You're asking the government to control individual morality. This is a government that can't buy a toilet seat for under $600.

If we want the freedom to take part in our bit of differentness, then we must allow others their rights to take part in theirs, as long as they do not harm the person or property of a non-consenting other, of course. IT'S JUST common sense. It's also constitutional and it forms the cornerstone of the American ideal: free individual expression, tolerance and compassion.

The irony is that the person not taking risks feels the same amount of fear as the person who regularly takes risks.

When we put things off until some future-probably mythical-Laterland, we drag the past into the future. The burden of yesterday's incompletions is a heavy load to carry. Don't carry it.

There is no answer to any of these questions. It's a matter of time and timing, of seas and seasons, of breathing in and breathing out. It's a matter of balance.

You need only look at what's in front of you and find something there to appreciate.

Worrying is the interest paid on a debt you may not owe.