The past is never where you think you left it.   

Katherine Anne Porter 

If it is right, it happens — 

The main thing is not to hurry. 

Nothing good gets away.

John Steinbeck, born on this day in 1902, on falling in love in a magnificent letter of advice to his teenage son.

Star Cluster NGC 2244 in the Heart of the Rosette Nebula

   Happiness doesn’t lie in conspicuous consumption 

and the relentless amassing of useless crap. 

Happiness lies in the person sitting beside you and your ability to talk to them. 

Happiness is clear-headed human interaction and empathy. 

Happiness is home. 

And home is not a house-home is a mythological conceit. 

It is a state of mind. 

A place of communion and unconditional love. It is where, 

when you cross its threshold, you finally feel at peace.   

Dennis Lehane 

I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often.

 In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment

— we are all defined by something we can’t change.

Simon Van Booy, The Illusion of Separateness 

No matter what is happening now, events will ultimately bend 

toward love the way a flower bends toward sunlight.

Marianne Williamson

Your experiences today will influence the molecular composition of your body 

for the next two to three months, or perhaps for the rest of your life. 

Plan your day accordingly.

UCLA’s Steve Cole from The Social Life of Genes