BEAUTIFUL COMPENSATION

"It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

GROWTH

"There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still." -- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Maturity is the capacity to endure uncertainty." -- John Finley

"We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be." -- May Sarton

"Let a person rejoice when he is confronted with obstacles, for it means that he has reached the end of some particular line of indifference or folly, and is now called upon to summon up all his energy and intelligence in order to extricate himself, and to find a better way; that the powers within him are crying out for greater freedom, for enlarged exercise and scope."
-- James Allen

CALVIN DOES SNOWMEN

Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

Oh, the joys of being a misunderstood artist!

MY LATEST FORTUNE COOKIE!

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy!

FORGIVENESS

"Forgiveness is "selective remembering" -- a conscious decision to focus on love and let the rest go." -- Marianne Williamson

"As long as you don't forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy rent-free space in your mind." -- Isabelle Holland

"Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hate. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness." -- William Arthur Ward

"Lack of forgiveness causes almost all of our self-sabotaging behavior." -- Mark Victor Hansen