One of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite Terry Pratchett books: Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky (Discworld, #32) ...

I have a lot of stuff. Not nearly as much as some, but still plenty. I’m not a hoarder, so don’t expect to see me on any reality TV shows anytime soon. During my last move, I took the opportunity to slim down how much stuff I cart around, and I have a pretty good handle on the clutter, but I still have a ton of stuff. Far more than I need and far more than will work for my ten year plan. ...

The tape doesn’t lie.

The cynic in me wants to say how awful things are and to rail against anything and everyone that doesn’t agree with me. But, if I did that, I’d be just like everyone else 🙂 Seriously though, I know that it doesn’t value me or effect positive change to only bitch and moan. So what will I say? I’ve made the statement before, that for me personally, this president, President Obama, is the first president we’ve had in my lifetime that I can honestly say I am proud of. He is a well spoken, well educated man who acts from genuine desire to do good. And the list of accomplishments during his presidency are remarkable. ...

Words Don’t Cook Rice.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. Albert Camus

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. Mark Twain

Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you. Aldous Huxley

Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. Rumi

There comes a time when a man would have to be a complete fool not to realize that his fate hangs on a particle of time. Charles Borden, Sea Quest