"'If you are careful,' Garp wrote, 'if you use good ingredients, and you don't take any shortcuts, then you can usually cook something very good. Sometimes it is the only worthwhile product you can salvage from a day: what you make to eat. With writing, I find, you can have all the right ingredients, give plenty of time and care, and still get nothing. Also true of love. Cooking, therefore, can keep a person who tries hard sane.'"

--John Irving, "The World According to Garp."

"Times are difficult globally;
awakening is no longer a luxury or an ideal.
It’s becoming critical.
We don’t need to add more depression,
more discouragement,
or more anger to what’s already here.
It’s becoming essential that we learn
how to relate sanely with difficult times.
The earth seems to be beseeching us
to connect with joy
and discover our innermost essence.
This is the best way
that we can benefit others."
~ Pema Chodron

I'm not big on Astrology. If you want to worry about the position of the planets when you decide who to flirt with or when to buy a car, feel free, but don't expect me to take it seriously or put my well being in it and don't get pissed when I don't take it seriously.
--grail76
in this great post about Grail's Rule.
(Never date anyone significantly crazier than yourself).

What Lucky People Do Differently than Unlucky People
By Adam Dachis | Lifehacker, 12 April 2011
http://ca.lifehacker.com/5791032/improve-your-luck-by-relaxing-keeping-an-open-mind-and-paying-attention-to-the-world-around-you
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And those who were seen dancing
were thought to be insane
by those who could not hear the music.
--Friedrich Nietzsche

ONLY THE HALF MAD ARE WHOLLY ALIVE.
--Edward Abbey