Family life is full of major and minor crises -- the ups and downs of health, success and failure in career, marriage, and divorce -- and all kinds of characters. It is tied to places and events and histories. With all of these felt details, life etches itself into memory and personality. It's difficult to imagine anything more nourishing to the soul.
A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years. A kiss without a hug is like a flower without the fragrance. The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but to hold hands. Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. And lo, no one was there. Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it by the handle of anxiety, or by the handle of faith. We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day. Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.
