emilyg's Blog

  If you do not have the capacity to love yourself, then there is simply no basis on which to build a sense of caring towards others.

    Dalai Lama

  It isn't the world that makes you unhappy, or the way people are in the world.  It's how you process the people and events of the world.

The only signal you use while driving is "the finger."

Your barber wears rubber gloves.

Your will mentions tires.

The ATM starts laughing when you walk up to it.

Starting your car wakes at least 12 cats.

The first time you danced with your wife it cost you $20.

thanks to jeff

  Of all the deathbed regrets one hears, not one of them has been, "I wish I'd spent more time at the office."

  We talk privately to God and call it prayer.  So then why does a return call seem so far-fetched, particularly if we believe that there's some universal intelligence out there that we're addressing?

  If you build a house that has as its foundation only one support system and that particular support collapses, your entire house will topple.

  You're totally free when you're able to stop thinking about yourself and your self-importance.

  Everything in Life is a paradox.  The less you care whether you get approval, the more you get.

  "make no mistake about it, I understand how tough it is, sir.  I talk to families who die."  -- speaking with reporters on facing the challenges of war, Washington, D.C. 12-7-06

  Helping somebody else achieve a sense of purpose is part of the mission of what it means to be a parent.

  Enlightened people move away from conflict and confrontation.

You think a "sex change" means trying the backseat.

Your bucket seats are real buckets.

Both you and your wife wore ponytails on your wedding day.

Your wedding reception was a tailgate party.Your bar tab has page numbers.

Your father-in-law said you had no class so you spit on him.

You vaccum the sheets instead of washing them.

  Be patient and loving with every fearful thought.

  The more you extend kindness to yourself, the more it will become your automatic response to others.

  Along with love, compassion is the face of altruism.  It is a feeling from deep in the heart that you cannot bear others' sufferings without acting to relieve it.