Smile. Have you ever noticed how easily puppies make human friends? Yet all they do is wag their tails and fall over.

Focus on the solution, not the problem

We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone-but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.

It is your choices that make you uniquely you.

Sadly, some folks want others to feel their pain, to hurt as much as they do-or more. My grandmother once told me to avoid colds and angry people whenever I could. It's sound advice.

I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have-life itself.

I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life.