Happiness is

running in the rain.

gulping the refreshing, damp air

sweat and drizzle

tarmac splashed a shade darker

the bright orange rubber soles of new running shoes

fallen leaves softly pressed into the road

a squishy symphony of spoik's  :)

Courage,

is not the absence of fear;

it's inspiring others to move beyond it.

~Nelson Mandela

So I guess this is where I tell you what I learned - my conclusion, right? Well, my conclusion is: Hate is baggage.

Life's too short to be pissed off all the time.

It's just not worth it.

Derek says it's always good to end a paper with a quote. He says someone else has already said it best. So if you can't top it, steal from them and go out strong. So I picked a guy I thought you'd like.

'We are not enemies, but friends.

We must not be enemies.

Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.

The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.'

~Danny Vinyard, American History X