Government that is open and honest will always be able to withstand the light of day.
I left my marriage knowing I'd have to work. I have.
As long as it is hot, wet and goes down the right way, its fine with me.
For me, faith means that what is right will win out one day. It means that the universe is not aimless but moves by some positive design.
The elderly have weathered enough squalls to know that this one, too, shall pass. They own the courage to be original; they've learned to hold their own values above the conventional wisdom.
I felt that I ostracized myself by my behavior, by the past, by living with all the regrets of my mistakes, that I sort of wore a hair shirt and beat myself up most of the day thinking and regretting why did I make such a mistake? Why have I made so many mistakes?
He's by best friend and the father of my children. He's a great ex.
But teleological considerations can lead no further than to a belief and a hope. They do not give certainty.
That which has died falls not out of the universe. If it stays here, it also changes here, and is dissolved into its proper parts, which are elements of the universe and of thyself. And these too change, and they murmur not".
Any ritual is an opportunity for transformation. To do a ritual, you must be willing to be transformed in some way. The inner willingness is what makes the ritual come alive and have power. If you aren't willing to be changed by the ritual, don't do it.
The average comedian is kind of an observer looking at everyday things that everyone could relate to and then trying to find the exaggeration in those things.