Via my dear old long-time friend Allison:

"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do." -- Helen Keller

I want to try something. I want to trespass across some farmer’s land in Arizona and cross into Mexico without telling anybody about it. Then I want to demand free health care and other public assistance and demand a driver’s license and other official papers. I will only speak English and, when I don’t get what I want, I’ll organize a series of ( Read more... )

bradkitty: Plaid never goes out of fashion :D
creativetempest: It never really goes in either, though.. ;)

The only service
a friend can really render
is to keep up your courage
by holding up to you
a mirror in which you can see
a noble image of yourself.
-- George Bernard Shaw

Infatuation is fleeting desire -- one set of glands calling to another. It is marked by a feeling of insecurity. You are excited and eager but not genuinely happy. There are nagging doubts, unanswered questions, little bits and pieces about the relationship that you would just as soon not examine too closely. It might spoil the dream ( Read more... )