The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead In fact maybe there is a lesson there for how we should approach the future...with fourteen parts optimism - anticipating what could go right and the benefits - and one part pessimism - anticipating what could go wrong so we can avoid them.

There is in every truth a wise saying, and in every contradiction, two wise sayings.

Life is a process by which a few desperate longings morph into a thousand meaningless wants.

Some forgive and forget, more forgive and remember, most forgive and remind.

The verdict is still out on my life, the judge having not yet instructed the jury, both of whom are me.

An old belief is like an old shoe. We so value its comfort that we fail to notice the hole in it.

Why be saddled with this thing called life expectancy? Of what relevance to an individual is such a statistic? Am I to concern myself with an allotment of days I never had and was never promised? Must I check off each day of my life as if I am subtracting from this imaginary hoard? No, on the contrary, I will add each day of my life to my treasure of days lived. And with each day, my treasure will grow, not diminish.