Thanksgiving Thought

 "So maybe there's no Santa Claus, and perhaps no Easter Bunny, but that only makes Thanksgiving more special, because there really is a Grandmother." 

Just Sayin'

"Better that love sometimes breaks your heart than never identifies itself at all."

The Real Goal

Every day spent happily striving toward some elusive goal is to achieve the real goal, which is to spend our days happily.

 

Family and Friends

 "One of the harder things to do when you have committed to each other far beyond friendship is to occasionally just be friends."

"The only thing that ever really impresses your relatives is your ability to fool other people."

"There is a tendency in family life to become whomever you must become in order to avoid any further discussion of the subject."

"What every child needs is the security of a loving family and an alternative source of information."

"One difference between friends and relatives is that a relative presumes you're innocent because you didn't mean it; a friend presumes you're innocent because you didn't do it."

Just Saying

 What a treasure is a person of true self-esteem, who need not be humored or appeased, who does not see disagreement as a personal affront or agreement as a show of weakness, who does not feel threatened by the honest aspirations of others, who does not mistake pride for honor, or prejudice for principle, or privilege for merit. 

 With such a person, common civility is possible; conversation is possible, and, dare we hope, even compromise is possible. 

 

If Life Is A Party...

If "Life is a party" as has been said, then the questions I find myself asking at age 86 are these: "Who is the host?" and "Am I a guest or somehow the entertainment?" and "Why did so many fascinating people have to leave so early?" and "Why do I myself have to leave when so many interesting new people are just arriving?"