"Wit regard for the world, the gentleman has no predisposition for or against (any person). He merely seeks to be on the side of right." -from the Confusiun Analects
"Personal health is related to self-control and to the worship of life in all its natural beauty - self-control bringing with it happiness, renewed youth, and long life." - Maria Montessori
“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.” - Horace
I have a friend who went through divorce and used to frequently remind me, "It is better to be alone than to be with someone and wishing to be left alone".
Point, counter-point...everything has two sides; It is also better to have loved and lost -- rather than never loving at all. Go out there, and take risks...even at the expense of losing. When life is all said and done...do you want yours to look like a blank, clean canvas slate -- or a Wild, weird, crazy complex one, Good feelings and experiences, and Bad feelings and experiences...are both the same. -- What's important is that you create them,