Meetings

"She was a stroller on the sand, a walker in the rain, a frequenter of places where nobody goes -- and they kept meeting."

"Seeking her destiny, she wandered into his last chance."

"He was a sad and lonesome clown,
And she was the circus that came to town."

 ~~ from Reflections 

Opportunity

 "It is a sad lament -- the happiness you might have found if you had taken the road that still lies right there in front of you."

"Seize every moment along the way, for what a shame it would be if the road you chose became the road not taken." 

"If you never look up, it is possible to live a dull, gray life under a clear, blue sky."

"What can be sadder than to realize that you had the key but never tried the lock."

~~ from Short Thoughts For The Long Haul

The Art of Listening

The way to get my attention is to give me yours.  I am never more aware of you than when I know you are listening to me. 

 

The first thing to learn about the art of conversation is that you are not the other person's favorite subject.

You don't have to have an opinion about everything, and if you do, not everyone has to know what it is.

I have learned to just quietly listen, finding that it is usually what people want when they ask for my opinion.

~~ from Reflections 

Questions For The Home Commute

"Did I make some complicated thing simple today, or did I make some simple thing complicated?"

"Was it wise to spend another day trying to accomplish Thing B as a means of accomplishing Thing A?"

"What are the things in my life I most cherish, and what did I do today to cherish them?"

~~ from  A Few For The Road

 

Getting On

"Another day of being old enough.  Still waiting for the knowing better to kick in." 

 

"The hardest part of thinking young is recapturing the notion that you're indestructible." 

"One thing you notice about getting older and wiser is that you get older first."

~~ from A Few For The Road

Ah, Wanderlust!

  "It is said that not all who wander are lost, which has always struck me as not getting the most out of wandering."

 "The shortest distance between two points is a straight line, but what you invarably find is that the long and winding road has the better soundtrack."

"There is no force on earth more relentless than a river seeking the sea, and yet you will notice that it always takes the scenic route."

"It is sad to reach the end of your journey and find that you never left the interstate." 

~~ from A Few For The Road

A Holiday Cocktail Party Is Where...

...every year you have the same conversation with the same couple about who you both still are. 

...some stranger learns more about you in an hour than your spouse has learned in a lifetime.

...the host and hostess attempt to bring compatible people together by separating married couples.

...there is a rotation that brings married couples back together again every twenty minutes.

...you are always sorry you wrote anything on a napkin.

~~ from The Second Collection