A Few Personal Observations

We learn from our mistakes, which explains the education level of those who claim they have never made one.

Life is an exercise in the pursuit of happiness, the actual experience of happiness confined to brief pauses in the pursuit..

If you are to succeed in life, you must ignore the advice of those who dearest desire is to keep you from being disappointed.

No one ever entered their teen years with a well-thought-out exit strategy.

The most basic requirement of a job interviewer is to distinguish the skills needed to do the job from the skills needed to pass the job interview.

Some Old, Some New.

It is a mistake to subscribe to reality unless you also subscribe to the annual updates.

While I like a politician who claims to know what I deserve, I would hope he/she is better informed on other subjects.

The obstacle to having a better-informed electorate is that the people elected to office rarely see it as a problem. 

I have heard many descriptions of hell that sound like hell, but I have never heard a description of heaven that sounds like heaven.  Eternal hellfire is easy to imagine.  It is harder to imagine an eternity of anything being heavenly. 

All I know about wisdom is that it lies somewhere beyond ignorance and short of certainty.

The Happiness Chase

I have never envied another's material possessions, although I have envied the happiness they get from them.

There are days when I am unaccountably happy, and, in fact, that is usually the reason for it.

There are reasons for happiness and reasons for unhappiness, although unhappiness seems to be the more ingenious in coming up with them.

I compare the pursuit of happiness to a day of fishing -- it helps if you stock the pond.

Random Thoughts

Never say to someone, "I see what you're trying to say."  Few people want to hear a clarification of what they're trying to say.

It is sad to think how many domestic disagreements are wordless, conducted in mutual silence..  

In a just world you would get what you rightly deserve and everyone else would get what's coming to them.

In the end it's probably less important that you believe in God than that there's a God who believes in you.

It is rare that a woman who does the same thing every Tuesday all her married life has a husband who can tell you what she does on Tuesdays.

Ignorance is the state of knowing only what you've learned from people you want to hear it from.

There is a tendency to blame people of faith for the intolerance of people who know for sure.

Hard Lesson Learned #24:  "Never say anything in public that you are hearing for the first time." 

What Passes For Wisdom Around Here

 People incapable of faith more often find refuge in certainty than doubt.

Sometimes the faith to believe in a miracle comes easier than the gullibility to believe in the rational explanation.

Everyday life for a mortal being is mostly about doing things today that won't matter tomorrow, therein accounting for their urgency.

Generally speaking, the more you learn of how the world works, the less you blame yourself.

Most happiness, like most worry. depends pretty much on how small a thing you can make important.

Me, Myself and You

 The most life-changing "what if" we ever ask is, "What if it isn't all about me?"

The trouble with caring only about yourself is that it's always the first step to not caring about anyone. 

What you discover about self-love is that it doesn't last, and it's the devil to go your separate ways.

Today's Deep Thought:  "A miracle is something without which whatever happened would have taken a miracle."

In Every Moment That You Share

We shared a vow to love forever.

Now life's a fading winter's day,

And bent with age I fear "forever"

Was always just some fond cliche'.

But then I feel your glance upon me,

And in your eyes that light sublime,

And, lo, I realize, "forever"

Had never anything to do with time.

For when a love's a boundless loving,

And when with heart and soul you've cared

Then truly have you loved "'forever"

In every moment that you've shared.