You will continue to read stories of crookedness and corruption - of policemen who lie and steal, doctors who reap where they do not sew, politicians on the take. Don't be misled. They are news because they are the exceptions.

If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.

Sometimes during the day, I consciously focus on some ordinary object and allow myself a momentary "paying-attention." This paying-attention gives meaning to my life. I don't know who it was, but someone said that careful attention paid to anything is a window into the universe. Pausing to think this way, even for a brief moment, is very important. It gives quality to my day.

Share everything. Don't take things that aren't yours. Put things back where you found them.

Wherever and however any one of us may be conceived, it is the same. We come into being in the arms of God.

I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test.

But love may have to be left off the exam. Most of us will never learn.