The first vehicle that screamed past -- an ambulance -- didn't even slow down.
It felt like they used a baton or something -- it was harder than anyone had ever hit me in the head before.
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.
Is there life before death?
Ask a deeply religious Christian if he?d rather live next to a bearded Muslim that may or may not be plotting a terror attack, or an atheist that may or may not show him how to set up a wireless network in his house. On the scale of prejudice, atheists don?t seem so bad lately.
Fresh clean sheets are one of life's small joys.
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.