Choice is destiny's soul mate.

No matter what our decorating style - realized or aspired to the essential spiritual grace our home should possess is the solace of comfort.

Gradually as you become curator of your own contentment, you will learn to embrace the gentle yearnings of your heart.

A nap is not to be confused with sleeping. We sleep to recharge our bodies. We nap to care for our souls. When we nap, we are resting our eyes while our imaginations soar. Getting ready for the next round. Sorting, sifting, separating the profound from the profane, the possible from the improbable. Rehearsing our acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize, our surprise on receiving the MacArthur genius award. This requires a prone position. If we're lucky, we might drift off, but we won't drift far. Just far enough to ransom our creativity from chaos.

Those who live passionately teach us how to love. Those who love passionately teach us how to live.

Because the truth is - and we know it - we were born to die without regrets. Regret is the only wound from which the soul never recovers.

Let us each grasp a new idea this year. Let us grasp the awareness of what it is that makes us truly happy. Let us consider our personal preferences and learn how to recognize, then embrace, moments of happiness that are uniquely our own.