“Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.”
― Ann Landers
How does a relationship with a pet affect your self-esteem?
The Best Gift
For many people the “holiday season” primarily means various ways of engaging with presents: shopping or making or searching online for just the right gifts, not to mention wrapping and mailing and hoping for gifts of your own. Sometimes the gifts we give and receive are tangible. Sometimes they are not.
What is one thing you’d really love to be given? What is one thing you’d really love to give?
Truth and Lies
“Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying.”
― St. Vincent de Paul
When has arrogance led you to lie to yourself?
Meteoric
We tend to talk of someone’s “meteoric rise” as a vault from obscurity to great heights. But the phrase implies an equally rapid fall. Far better to rise like an airplane or a rocket, with a plan for how you will get down again.
When things are going great, how do you prepare for when times will not be so good?
Where We Sit
“On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.”
― Michel de Montaigne
What helps you maintain perspective on your place in the world?