words to live by

The sentiments expressed in these quotations resonate with me more and more as I inch towards 50 years of age:

In spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways.

Edith Wharton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Wharton

US novelist

I deserve to love me.
Mo'Nique
http://www.1monique.com/
Comedienne & Fabulous Feminist

How to keep it fresh, funky and self-affirming -- that's our challenge. Discuss.