Don't get discouraged

I love that quote. Someone emailed it to me last week and it brought a little tear to my eye. Sentimental old bag that I am.

And the place? Ullswater. Beautiful, beautiful Ullswater in the Lake District. Scene of some very happy times. Some of the happiest actually.

Sometimes it's nice to remember. To see that it was real.


Normal service to be resumed shortly, once I get through my maudlin, woe is me crap. Bear with me...

Love the fool

Central Park, NYC

"I must learn to love the fool in me... the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. It alone protects me against that utterly self-controlled, masterful tyrant whom I also harbor and who would rob me of human aliveness, humility, and dignity but for my fool."

-- Theodore I. Rubin, MD