Be a balanced optimist.

Be a balanced optimist. Nobody is suggesting that you become an oblivious Pollyanna, pretending that nothing bad can or ever will happen. Doing so can lead to poor decisions and invites people to take advantage of you. Instead, be a rational optimist who takes the good with the bad, in hopes of the good ultimately … Read more

Think of life as

Think of life as a giant, fat cat you’re in charge of. Sometimes you can control it, but other times, it’s going to do what it wants and you have to roll with it. And sometimes you can do everything – everything you’re s’posed to do- and it’ll still shred all the things you hold dear… The only thing you can really do with life is rub its belly and prepare for the worst.
R. K. Milholland