Behavior Shapes Emotions.

Think Of Negative Speech As Verbal Pollution. And That's What I've Been Doing: Visualizing Insults And Gossip As A Dark Cloud, Maybe One With Some Sulfur Dioxide. Once You've Belched It Out, You Can't Take It Back. As Grandma Said, If You Don't Have Anything Nice To Say, Don't Say Anything At All. The Interesting This Is, The Less Often I Vocalize My Negative Thoughts, The Fewer Negative Thoughts I Cook Up In The First Place.

I Know That Knowledge And Intelligence Are Not The Same Thing - But They Do Live In The Same Neighborhood. I Know Once Again, Firsthand, The Joy Of Learning.

I Know That You Should Always Say Yes To Adventures Or You'll Lead A Very Dull Life.

The Whole Bible Is The Working Out Of The Relationship Between God And Man. God Is Not A Dictator Barking Out Orders And Demanding Silent Obedience. Were It So, There Would Be No Relationship At All. No Real Relationship Goes Just One Way. There Are Always Two Active Parties. We Must Have Reverence And Awe For God, And Honor For The Chain Of Tradition. But That Doesn't Mean We Can't Use New Information To Help Us Read The Holy Texts In New Ways.

I'm Addicted To Self-improvement. The Thing Is, There's So Damn Much About Myself To Improve.