“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”  ~Ambrose Bierce I have a little bit of a temper that as I get older it’s been easier to control, but I have made a lot of speeches that I have regretted.  I have found that when I start […]

I read this article today: Winnie-the-Pooh held for robbery? 2008-08-12 15:09:43 TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese police have arrested a 20-year-old man who attacked and robbed two people after they stared at his Winnie-the-Pooh costume, officials said on Tuesday. Masayuki Ishikawa was hanging out on a Tokyo street corner after midnight last month while wearing the […]

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.  You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror.  I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt I […]

           I lied.  I have finally resorted to breaking my own morals just to make Seth go away.  I really am at wits end now.  I told Seth that I cancelled having text messaging on my phone just to hopefully get some relief from the nastiness I’ve gotten since Saturday.  I won’t let him consume […]

“You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough.” ~Frank Crane Over the past few years I have discovered what this really says.  I had a friend that I trusted too much too quickly, allowed her to move in with me, and got […]

  “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.” ~Nelson Mandela This makes me think of a lot of different situations from relationships to moving to family.  I think that most people have had the situation of running into an old lover a few years after […]

  “A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.” ~Herm Albright Have you ever met that person that is always so happy that you sit back and wonder if they’ve ever gone through a bad day?  If you have to be around […]

“You are the embodiment of the information you choose to accept and act upon. To change your circumstances you need to change your thinking and subsequent actions.” ~Adlin Sinclair I think it’s funny that I choose this quote for today.  I had set up a list of quotes prior to starting this, and it’s humorous […]

Have you ever had the feeling of knowing that you’re surrounded by people all day and still feeling like you just don’t exist?  That’s the feeling that I’m surrounded with today, although I can’t quite pin point why.  My boss has been on my ass all day about all this work done for the auditors, […]

  “To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.” ~Bertrand Russell I enjoy this quote mainly because for a long time I did fear love.  With the situation I grew up in, what I knew of love wasn’t even close to what it should be considered.  […]