Don't sweat the small stuff.

And ... the older you get, the more you come to realize what a small (and diminishing?) number of things/issues really are *big* stuff.

If you don't have a measure of acceptance/love of yourself (1), you don't have much of a leg to stand on in terms of loving others wholeheartedly.

1. In an "assertive" more than an "aggressive" way, I think.

Many females can share wisdom in the activation and implementation of such issues, I think.

ole joyful

Don't look back - you're not going that way.

This has been my motto the last few weeks.

I was going to start a new 'Thought for the Day' thread today, but there are so many good thoughts here, let's keep this one going. Let's keep encouraging one another.

Rusty

Sometimes some non-threatening humour can help us explain some different viewpoints to people deeply convinced of viewpoints that seem unproductive, or even dangerous, to us.

ole joyful ... the "joyful" added later - forgot to hit "space" first time written, forgot that makes the previous word disappear ... and didn't notice prior to posting (and had to write "posting" again ... as forgot the penalty for not, again).

Rats!