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

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.

The most sincere compliment we can pay is attention.

How many human beings anywhere, hold on to a relationship merely because it exists? This fear of loneliness, abandonment, or failure can, if we let it, hold any of us back from doing exactly what each of us needs to do to feel fulfilled.

Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.

Our lives improve only when we take chances.

True hope responds to the real world, to real life; it is an active effort.