Every Problem Has A Gift For You

The World Is Your Exercise Book, The Pages On Which You Do Your Sums. It Is Not Reality, Though You May Express Reality There If You Wish. You Are Also Free To Write Lies, Or Nonsense, Or To Tear The Pages.

Humanity Is Not A Gift Of Nature, It Is A Spiritual Achievement To Be Earned.

What Would Our Lives Be Like Without Tests, Odds Against Us, Adventure, Risk?

For A Moment, Off Balance, Was I Annoyed? Anger Is Always Fear, I Thought, And Fear Is Always Fear Of Loss. Would I Lose Myself If He Made Those Choices? It Took A Second To Settle Down: I'd Lose Nothing. They'd Be His Wishes, Not Mine, And He's Free To Live As He Wants. The Loss Would Come If I Dared Force Him, Tried To Live For Him And Me As Well. There'd Be Disaster Worse Than Life On A Bar Stool.

If Your Happiness Depends On What Somebody Else Does, I Guess You Do Have A Problem.