Thought 28FEB2008

ENSURE QUALITY LIFE
You can't control the length of your life, but you can control its width and depth.
You can't control the contour of your countenance, but you can control its expression.
You can't control the other person's opportunities, but you can seize upon your own and make the best of them.

You can't control the weather, but you can control the atmosphere which surrounds you.
You can't control the distance that your head will be above the ground, but you can control the level of the contents of that head.
You can't control the other person's annoying faults, but you can see to it that you yourself do not develop or habour similar propensities.
a verse from Southern Statesman newsletter - extracted from 'Speaker's Sourcebook II, Glen Van Ekeren, Prentice Hall, 1994
Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away is best - Chinese Proverb