“Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is. If there are rats in a cellar, you are most likely to see them if you go in very suddenly. But the suddenness does not create the rats; it only prevents them from hiding. In the same way, the suddenness of the provocation does not make me ill-tempered; it only shows me what an ill-tempered man I am.”
C.S. LEWIS

wow, the importance of a daily housecleaning. i know for... Read More

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Life is change.Growth is optional.Choose wisely.I think these difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way,and that so many things one goes around worrying about are of no importance whatever .Examining myself as i may,I can no longer find the slightest trace of the anxious,agitated individual of those years,I'm seeing new things,real voyage of my discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new ey... Read More

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 bit more Jack Handey:

If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

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     There is always those guys talking at the table about being a "Grateful Alcoholic". At first I really had a hard time with this concept. Wazzup with that - how the h*ll can I be grateful for having a disease that will kill me and makes my life miserable without it? 

As time passed, I came to discover many things to be grateful for - all because I was first a drunk, then an alcoholic. If I had never drank, I would not be writing this, I wouldn'... Read More

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