Sometimes I think of all the times in this sweet life when I must have missed the affection I was being given. A friend calls this “standing knee-dee… - Robert Fulghum

There is nothing in your budget for joy. No books, no flowers, no music, not even a cold beer. And there is nothing in your budget to give away to someone else. We don’t help people who don’t have better values than you do.

I’m not often aware that I am happy. But I often remember that I have been happy.

The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. No, not at all. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.