It is a risk to love. What if it doesn't work out? Ah, but what if it does.

Whenever something good happens, write it down. Buy a special notebook . . . and use it to list all the good in your life.

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

First, all relationships are with yourself-and sometimes they involve other people. Second, the most important relationship in your life-the one you have, like it or not, until the day you die-is with yourself.

This is a lifetime of good-byes. In our time, we will say good-bye to cherished people, things, and ideas. Eventually, we say good-bye to life itself with our death. Learn to say a good good-bye. Allow yourself to mourn each loss. As with a physical wound, the body has its own schedule for healing. It will tell you when it has healed.

Laughter is essential to our equilibrium, to our well-being, to our aliveness. If we're not well, laughter helps us get well. If we are well, laughter helps us stay that way.

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