One of the simplest ways to stay happy is letting go of the things that make you sad. Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can’t change. Letting go does not mean you stop caring. It means you stop trying to force others to.  You can’t reach for … Continue reading Letting Go

You can’t put a price tag on love. But if you could, I’d wait for it to go on sale. Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties. The best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly who you are. Good mood, bad … Continue reading The Cost of Love

When good people have a falling out, only one of them may be at fault at first. But if the strife continues for long, usually both become guilty. Some cause happiness wherever they go. Others, whenever they go. I have the uncanny ability to be both.  Once you love someone, you love them forever. People … Continue reading Falling Out

Feelings and anger, when bottled up, turn into explosives. Isn’t it funny how you bottle up all your emotions until that bottle starts overflowing and then you let all those emotions out on someone who doesn’t deserve it and is a partially deaf.  Communicate. Even when it’s uncomfortable or uneasy. One of the best ways … Continue reading Bottled Feelings

Feeling good about yourself? Ask a kid to draw a picture of you. Visual storytelling of one kind or another has been around since cavemen were drawing on walls. No artist tolerates reality. Procrastination, the art of keeping up with yesterday. Almost every cartoonist, when he’s sitting down to draw a funny face, if you watch … Continue reading Art imitating Life