A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack.
The art of dining well is no slight art, the pleasure not a slight pleasure.
Listen. Do not have an opinion while you listen because frankly, your opinion doesn?t hold much water outside of Your Universe. Just listen. Listen until their brain has been twisted like a dripping towel and what they have to say is all over the floor.
You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.
There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.
It's very hard to take yourself too seriously when you look at the world from outer space.
Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment.