Crazy with Love

Or as Shakespeare wrote in As You Like It,

"If thou remember'st not the slightest folly
That ever love did make thee run into,
Thou hast not lov'd."

She who has never lov'd, has never liv'd

So wrote John Gay (1685-1732) in The Captives, expressing how essential love is to the human experience.

June Love

In honor of all June brides, this month's words of wisdom will focus on the theme of romantic love, like this quote from Thomas Moore:

No, the heart that has truly lov'd never forgets,
But as truly loves on to the close,
As the sun-flower turns on her god, when he sets,
The same look which she turn'd when he rose.

"Riches are for Spending"

So said Francis Bacon many years ago. It's a mantra that the American people have always taken to heart, and now that so many of us are cautiously putting our pennies aside instead, the economy struggles to get back on its feet.

The Curse of Procrastination

Dion Boucicault wrote, "Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them." If that isn't an incentive to be productive, I don't know what is!

Anticipation

As we begin to plan our summer vacation, I am reminded of the line from Silas Marner: "Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand." Since we are scheduling a beach getaway - and so good weather will be key - I am slightly fearful that the long-awaited trip might have issues.

Mind Control

Milton wrote, "The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven." In other words, through the power of positive thinking, you can profoundly change your own experience.