#happiness

"One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory."

"Mended [10w] {Couplet} If the recently mended heart,breaks again, it shall not start."

"The Game Is Afoot God's buried eight jewels within my soul.Life's game is,'Remove each gem, yet find me whole.'The clue is,"Eight is one, and one is eight,no jewel's more precious,all equally great."

"I wanted color. I wanted to soar with happiness even if it meant dealing with the weight of fear and guilt, too. I wanted to live."

"Gradually Then Instantly [10w] We fall in love the way we lose our minds."

"Poetry and Dogs [10w] Poetry and dogs make the best companions.Don't trust dogs."

"Gray [10w] Since gray's the 'new black' things aren't black and white."

"From the Slobodan Milošević interview during the the Hague Tribunal : 'What are your hobbies?' [10w] "I enjoy gardening because weeding reminds me of ethnic cleansing."

"Boundaries [10w] Receiving bribes blurs the clear boundaries between friends and enemies."

"To make Cosmic Ordering work you have to start using it."

"What is the Meaning of Life? [10w] {6} To be transformed into all we are capable of becoming."

"Liberating Dreams [10w] God was with Joseph in prison.They escaped through dreams."

"When Old Age Begins Old age seizes center stagewhen more people we love are amidst the deadthan amongst the living."

"Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether you let it affect you or not."

"New York Haiku "My monthly rent checkis more than you will make inyour fucking lifetime."

"Pond(er) This [10w] Nobody wants to be:'Big fish in a little pond."

"There are random moments - tossing a salad, coming up the driveway to the house, ironing the seams flat on a quilt square, standing at the kitchen window and looking out at the delphiniums, hearing a burst of laughter from one of my children's rooms - when I feel a wavelike rush of joy. This is my true religion: arbitrary moments of of nearly painful happiness for a life I feel privileged to lead."

"It seemed like this day could go in so many directions, like a spiderweb shooting out toward endless possibilities. Whenever you made a choice, especially one you'd been resisting, it always affected everything else, some in big ways, like a tremor beneath your feet, others in so tiny a shift you hardly noticed a change at all. But it was happening."

"What lies beneath the Semblance? What lies beneath the semblance.What lies beneath the semblance of lies.What lies beneath the semblance of lies!Lies lie beneath her semblance.Lies lie beneath her semblance.Lies, lies and more lies!"

"Give up smoking cold turkey. Start a diet in the next 5 min. Accept that job right away. Life can be beautiful without planning!"