“It could happen any time …. It could, you know. That’s why we wake and look out – no guarantees in this life. But some bonuses …” William Stafford, from the poem “Yes”

“The good news is that you are living the dream life. The bad news is the dream in question probably isn’t being had by you.” William Irvine, PhD

“I need your help …” Not said by enough of us often enough

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” Viktor Frankl, MD

“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching … Sing like there’s nobody listening … “  William Purkey, Ed.D, Author and Educator

“If I knew this was the last time I’ll see you, I’d tell you I love you, and would not just assume foolishly you know it already.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez, novelist

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” George Bernard Shaw

“Not valuing time with other physicians or allowing for informal conversations leads to a soulless efficiency and professional isolation.” John Frey, MD (feel free to substitute your own profession or “colleagues” for “physicians”)

“What’s your ‘word’? Mine is Zilience!” Me

It takes time and effort to free ourselves of the scarcity story that most of us have learned along the way – the idea that happiness is a competition, and that someone else is grabbing all the joy. — Sharon Salzberg

“Apologizing … means you value your relationship more than your ego.” Mark Matthews, author

“Saying someone shouldn’t feel sad because someone else may have it worse is like saying someone can't be happy because someone else may have it better.” Unknown

“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.”  Jack Kornfield

“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes … including you.”  Anne Lamotte, author

“Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.”  Victor Borge, entertainer

“Why is it important to swim with a buddy?” Our local YMCA swim instructor

“Toxic positivity is positivity given in the wrong way, in the wrong dose, at the wrong time.”  David Kessler, author of “Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief.”

“You know what everybody needs? … Everybody needs to be understood.” Sherwin Nuland, MD, surgeon, author, bioethicist

“Energy, Not Time, Is Our Most Precious Resource” ― Jim Loehr, PhD

“We all need somebody to lean on.”  Bill Withers