Archives - December 2012

You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself. 

What is a home without children? Quiet.

Home is not where you live but where they understand you.

Forgiveness is a funny thing.  It warms the heart and cools the sting.

The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved.

Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.

To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart.

On Hanukkah, the first dark night,
Light yourself a candle bright.
I'll you, if you will me invite
To dance within that gentle light.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I'd thought.

I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.

Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.

When it comes to eating right and exercising, there is no "I'll start tomorrow." Tomorrow is disease.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

I don't know why they call it heartbreak.  It feels like every other part of my body is broken too.

There's nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with CHOCOLATE.

Before you were born I carried you under my heart.  From the moment you arrived in this world until the moment I leave it, I will always carry you in my heart.

The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul.

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. 

How strange to use "You only live once" as an excuse to throw it away.

Welcome, winter. Your late dawns and chilled breath make me lazy, but I love you nonetheless.

Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty --- they merely move it from their faces into their hearts.

I always feel that I have two duties to perform with a parting guest:  one, to see that he doesn't forget anything that is his; the other, to see that he doesn't take anything that is mine.

Come Christmas Eve, we usually go to my mom and dad's. Everybody brings one gift and then we play that game when we all steal it from each other. Some are really cool, others are useful and some are a bit out there.

Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.

Our children need the sense of specialness that comes from participating in a known and loved ritual. They need the mastery of self-discipline that comes from order. They need the self-awareness that comes from a knowledge of their past. They need Kwanzaa as a tool for building their future and our own.

The important thing is not how many years in your life but how much life in your years.

Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.

We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box.

Hey yogurt, if you're so cultured, how come I never see you at the opera?

Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.