When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity.

Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.

Rest until you feel like playing, then play until you feel like resting, period. Never do anything else.

Polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing and solving our real problems.

No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from life's slings and arrows, and when death comes, we meet it alone.

Self-improvement books, friends, and polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing, and solving our real problems.