Sometimes we give up a dream to play a larger role in someone else's dream.
Be it human or animal, touch is a life-giving thing. Has anyone ever had a stroke or a heart attack while cozied up with a pet? I doubt it.
You can bear your troubles or shrug them off. They're your shoulders.
Some say that true love is a mirage; seek it anyway, for all else is surely desert.
As you wait for better days, don't forget to enjoy today, in case they've already started.
Perhaps I have lived my life to excess, but know what — if I had it to do over again, I would overdo it again.