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Often what we take for a kindness is just someone acting in their capacity as a human being.
There is a purpose to our lives that each day tugs at our sleeve as an annoying distraction.
Life is a process by which a few desperate longings morph into a thousand meaningless wants.
If you have a mom, there is nowhere you are likely to go where a prayer has not already been.
Success is a tale of obstacles overcome, and for every obstacle overcome, an excuse not used.
Basically we are all looking for someone who knows who we are and will break it to us gently.
Do I rue a life wasted doing crosswords? Yes, but I do know the three-letter-word for regret.
Blogs seem to have two magnetic poles, one attracting friends, the other repulsing relatives.
The last I heard from my destiny, it wanted me to make a legal U-Turn at my next opportunity.
If you knew that hope and despair were paths to the same destination, which would you choose?
Always telling the truth is no doubt better than always lying, although equally pathological.
Be careful of selfish motives. You can mistake them for principles and end up dying for them.
How we long to remove the clutter from our lives not realizing that the clutter is our lives.
Once an absurdity is accepted as truth, it will seem truer the more absurd it is shown to be.
Whoever dreamed up Scrabble had an exaggerated idea of how many 7-letter words have five i's.
The key to enjoying the moment is to always carry a list of "Things I Gotta Do That Can Wait.
Life is not fair, nor has it ever been, but the morning seems determined to dawn until it is.
The trick to liking who you are is not to hate too much the person it turned out you weren't.
It is not only possible to be the person you pretend to be, but there is less effort involved.
In the end, who among us does not choose to be a little less right to be a little less lonely.
You don't want to get to the end of life's journey and discover you never left the interstate.
You can awaken each day to obligations you never chose — or you can decide now to choose them.
The mind, as you age, Is an artist, it seems. Monet paints your mem’ries, Picasso your dreams.
What is certainty but the refuge of those whose faith is not strong enough to entertain doubt.
Life is a series of tasks that you absolutely must get done before they don't matter any more.
I enjoy many silent moments with my cat, a conversation always resumed exactly where left off.
Anything we tell our kids about life is a placemarker until they figure it out for themselves.
All my life I've wanted, just once, to say something clever without losing my train of thought
I've lived enough of my life story to know this- Fate writes the book, but you make the movie.
No man is so idle that he cannot rouse himself just enough to get in the way of a busy person.
Making a different mistake every day is not only acceptable, it is the definition of progress.
You live long enough in a world spinning on its axis, you learn to spin in the same direction.
It comes down to whether you believe in seven miraculous escapes a week or one guardian angel.
Art is an attempt to understand, yielding pleasure in the attempt whether or not we understand.
There was never a wise saying that couldn't be made wiser by adding the words, "and vice-versa.
Seeking happiness, I passed many travelers headed in the opposite direction, seeking happiness.
One day you just say "To heck with it," and you go looking for trouble, and you find happiness.
The hardest thing to accept as a parent is that you cannot apply the bandage before the bruise.
Dancing is moving to the music without stepping on anyone's toes, pretty much the same as life.
We find things where we look for them, which is why I never look for a golf ball out of bounds.
Parenthood is the passing of a baton, followed by a lifelong disagreement as to who dropped it.
Recalling days of sadness, memories haunt me. Recalling days of happiness, I haunt my memories.
A mom reads you like a book, and wherever she goes, people read you like a glowing book review.
A man finds love and is satisfied. A woman finds love and insists on turning it into happiness.
As a job seeker, remember this: You only lack experience if they want it done the same old way.
A blogger is an average person who happens to have a need to count his friends every half hour.
A dog is much like a married man, obeying his master's voice for the sake of his master's touch.
Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.
The search for happiness is unlike any other search, for we search last in the likeliest places.
If God had intended us to be alone, there would be more pleasure in massaging our own shoulders.