"Our bodies live off of LIGHT. Now (winter) is not the time to take on big projects. Now is the time to let things die...

Self-introspection is the name of the game now. Follow the seasons - pop a big project in the spring. Reflect in the fall.

Dr. Mark Dunn

"We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us."

Joseph Campbell

"JOY ALONE IS THE TRUTH."

The Universe

"Let no despair darken the joy of Christmas, for the time of Christ is meaningless apart from joy. "

From A Course in Miracles by The Foundation for Inner Peace, p. 306T

"This is the only time you are going to experience this moment. Do you really want to experience it full of angst? [Or anger, fear, regret, etc.?]"

Shauna James Ahearn, from "Gluten-Free Girl"

"Be the change you wish to see in THEM."

Reverend Richard Levy, from a lesson given at Seattle Unity Church, May 2009

"DO LESS; ENJOY IT MORE."

The Universe, one of many lessons from a month of sickness, March 2008

"Let miracles replace all grievances."

A Course in Miraclesby The Foundation for Inner Peace

"...[W]e overestimate how happy we will be on our birthdays, we underestimate how happy we will be on Monday mornings and we make these mundane but erroneous predictions again and again, despite their regular dis-confirmation. Our inability to recall how we really felt is one of the reasons why our wealth of experience so often turns out to be a poverty of riches."

Daniel Gilbert, "Stumbling on Happiness"

"In your fantasies about togetherness, are you unconsciously harboring any unrealistic desires for robotic perfection? If so, are they interfering with your ability to have deep and satisfying relationships with interesting but flawed people?"

Caeriel Crestin's Sign Language in The Seattle Weekly, May 08

"REMEMBER: Everyone in any situation is reacting out of their own fearful, neurotic, insecure, awkward and scared place. "

MWS, my husband

"There's a part of you that already can't wait for the holidays to be over with. However the sooner you accept that you're a key player in [the drama] and that skipping out on the show is simply not an option the better. One way or another, you'll be dragged (probably kicking and screaming) onto set and forced to perform. Why not just accept (and, indeed, embrace) the role you're stuck in, and do the best you can to deliver a brilliant, inspiring performance?"

Rob Brezsny in Free Will Astrology, December 2007

"Never stop at the bottom of a hill."

LR, a friend from college