Everything is gonna be alright as long as I remember these words

The weather might be cooler here in Florida than we had hoped but it isn't snowing, and I did learn a new mantra that I'll repeat to myself for the rest of my life...

"I must learn to love the fool in me--the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. It alone protects me against that utterly self-controlled, masterful tyrant whom I also harbor and who would rob me of human aliveness, humility, and dignity but for my fool."

-- Theodore I. Rubin, MD

It's a beaut ain't it? Sure is. Someday I'm gonna teach Zo that one.