Wesleyisms – J. Wesley Thompson, MHS, PA-C, AAHIVS, DFAAPA

New Wesleyisms posted every Friday on Wesley’s X (formerly Twitter) account.

Updated 3/14/2025

Each of our lives has sorrow. Without it, we would not know happiness.
Do not waste today on yesterday’s mistakes.
Guilt and resentment will eat away at you until there is nothing left. Let them go.
Jesus is not looking for you to be like other Christians, He’s looking for you be like Him.
Our minds want certainty, but uncertainty is what compels all of us forward.
“Dying is the not the worst thing in your life but to live with bitterness is.”
Most human suffering & pain are unnecessary. We self-create it when we allow our unobserved mind to run our life. Observing thoughts & emotions w/o judgment can lead to a more peaceful & fulfilling existence.
When we tie our confidence to others’ reactions, we build our professional house on shifting sand.
Change is constant. Expect and embrace it.
The excitement of learning is the secret to youth. As long as you are learning, you are not old.
The world is my book, and I must travel to read it!
Love and nurture yourself. Love each of your quirks and flaws. Remember you are a memory to someone who loves.
Vulnerability is a source of love, belonging, joy, creativity, courage, hope, creativity, and authenticity.
You belong to you. It is the most empowering thing to know.
Vulnerability is a source of love, belonging, joy, courage, hope, creativity, and authenticity.
Grief and loss are common. Healing can come from finding love in new forms.
Part of wisdom is talking less and listening more.
Hope fills the holes in my heart.
Sometimes we shouldn’t apply the law but must apply humanity.
Having too little does not make you poor. Appreciating what you do have makes you rich.
The power of love is found in fairness and respect.
What allows us to survive? I think it is the hope of loving or being loved.
When a debate is lost, if the loser turns to insults and name calling, this is not the path of those who follow Christ.
Life does not owe you anything. Life is neutral. It deals out both easy and hard and none of it is personal. Truly accepting this and be compassionate towards yourself & others will bring happiness and peace.
If God forgives us, we must forgive ourselves otherwise we are placing ourselves above God.
One must have gratitude in their heart otherwise something is missing in their humanity.
We underestimate the power of words to heal. Fractured or broken relationships can often be repaired with a simple “I’m sorry” or “Can you forgive me?”.
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be slave to them.
Tears are the language of grief. Tears express feelings that cannot be put into words.
Perfection is an illusion. Embrace your imperfections, your mistakes, and your failures. They are part of your story and make you who you are.
Worry has not emptied my tomorrow of sorrow. It empties today of its strength. I miss you mom. You are so much a part of my life, I can only imagine when we meet again. Keep in touch……
What is wealth? To have what is essential and to have enough.
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten 10,000 tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, and of unspeakable love.
Life is a mirror. If you show anger, anger is reflected back at you. If you smile, the mirror smiles back at you.
The power of love is found in kindness and respect.
Water that does not move becomes stagnant. The same is true for the mind that does not move.
The beauty of you lies in your imperfections. It is your uniqueness that makes you beautiful.
True leadership in not about exerting power, but rather to inspire.
Practicing gratitude opens possibilities.
Don’t judge people by their past. People learn, people change. Give them a chance.
It is not the journey or the destination that really matters, but the people with which we share the journey.
Maturity is about accepting the uncertainty of life.
No church, no temple, no complicated religious thought is needed, your heart is the true place of kindness.
An act of kindness is not only felt by the person receiving it, but by you in the same way
Christianity is not about loving Jesus. It’s about loving Judas. Think about it.
Be careful with anger. Years of love can be forgotten in a moment of anger.
I am grateful for those who have betrayed me. You did not stab me in the back but rather freed me from pettiness and poison in your life. May you find peace.
Remember that you are a unique wave but still part of the ocean.
If you find yourself in a state of constantly not enough, it can drive you to achieve and do and be as much as you can. This is not the answer. The answer is spiritual realization of who you are.
Go inside yourself and discover who you are, separate from your career, separate from external perceptions, beyond the person.
You will encounter defeat, but it does not define you.
Dwelling on negative thoughts and events tend to attract negative events in your life.
Most of us dwell on something negative much longer than we dwell on something positive.
It is not money or things that is your wealth; it is your health.
Letting go of the dream for yourself can be more painful than all the hard work you did becoming your dream.
Grief is love. And a memory of love eternal.
Your opinion of the world is a confession to your character.
How a person behaves has more to do with personal struggles than with you.
Recognize your blessings, especially at Christmas and reflect on them all year long.
What is in your past and what is in your future does not compare to what is inside you.
I accept the sadness in my life. Without it, I would not experience the joy I have had.
Strong people have not had an easy past.
You have a right to be here. You are unique down to the DNA level and no one else is like you.
Your happiness depends on the quality of your thoughts.
All intelligent minds have a little touch of insanity.
We must risk delight to accept the joy waiting inside us.
We all have terrorists in our head telling us we are worthless. Be brave and tell them to be silent.
There are treasures inside you. Have courage and share them.
I am thankful for the teachers who ignite our imagination and instill a hunger to learn.
Do not despair, true knowledge comes from the ever-uphill path.
Accept criticism in your life. It makes you strong.
Keys to thriving in life are resilience and commitment.
Why is it so easy to forgive others but not myself?
To forgive oneself is to become wise.
Wisdom allows you to make your own decisions. Ignorance requires you follow public opinion.
My worst enemy has always been myself.
Hoping someone will suffer because they hurt you is allowing them to hurt you a second time.
Master the skill of patience and you will be master of everything.
Working for peace is not a sign of weakness.
Where there is hurt and hate, may we show forgiveness and love.
Judging others isolates us. Understanding others even while disagreeing, we grow.
Working through your failures is your true success.
No one can prove to me that telling a lie is the best answer.
That small fib you tell your partner or friend or family member to spare them and the painful emotion of saying “no”, we often harm both. What you think is a harmful lie will often leave you anxious, and second guessing yourself. Work towards honesty even if it is uncomfortable.
It takes a rare person to consistently tell the truth. It takes integrity and it will cause pain because we all hate to admit we have failed.
Just because I carry it well does not mean it isn’t heavy.
Commitment is not about the excited feelings of new love. Commitment is accepting angry words, slammed doors, and broken promises. Commitment is about patiently waiting for your hurt to heal and continue the commitment of love.
Let pain mobilize you, not paralyze you.
Rewrite your shame. Look at it through kindness and change the story you are telling yourself.
The act of evolution in any process is transcending the present, including the past, and creating the future.
Death is not to be feared. The unlived life is to be feared.
If you live in the past, it brings depression. If you live in the future, it brings anxiety. Live in the present and find peace.
I was dead before I was born and felt no discomfort. When I die, I doubt I will feel any discomfort thereafter.
Shame is destructive. Shame destroys your courage and leads to giving up.
Practice compersion. Your life will be better for it.
Be kind to yourselves and others will follow.
Commitment frees you from the unimportant and frivolous distractions.
Inner calm, within us, is our peace. Peace does not mean lack of challenges, but rather in the midst of challenges, you still find peace in your heart.
Don’t take yourself so seriously, life is precious and short. Step back and try to find humor in what life throws at you!
Your thoughts are you. What you think is who you become. Take care of your thoughts.
My life has not been to become rich but to enrich the lives of others.
Too many of us are waiting to dance in the sky instead of dancing in this heaven we have right now.
The more you accept uncertainty, the more opportunity you have to learn.
Embrace the uncertainty and you will find you feel more comfortable in knowing what you don’t know.
So few people understand a secret to being happy, involves aging gracefully and accepting the changes.
Outrage may feel good but over time, it will consume you from the inside out.
Everyone has problems. True happiness is finding the problems you enjoy solving.
Sometimes we are so busy proving our happiness to others that we end up unhappy.
Happiness is a state of mind, not a state of possessions.
Knowing who and what to care is far more important than who and what to not care about.
When it is time to end a friendship and when saying goodbye is not possible, remember the good things you received from the friendship. This will allow you closure.
Embrace everyone and their imperfections, God will sort the rest out.
Living in uncertain times does not require you live in fear.
When you truly love someone, that love becomes a part of you forever. When death comes for that someone, death cannot take that part from you, ever.
When the passion turns in to an obligation, the magic is gone.
The gift of Christmas is celebrating the birth of a homeless child in your home.
Adversity is a harsh teacher, often given to us by One who knows us better than we do and knows what we need to grow.
Adversity can bring you joy. Do not face your struggles alone.
Adversity can be a stumbling block or it can be a steppingstone to new greatness.
Trust goes out the same door trust came in.
There is no road to walk. Choose your destination and your walk will make the road.
Stress is who you think you are. Relaxed is the true you.
Our lows can be our bodies attempt to take care of us, to nurture us, even to heal us. Return the care as love to yourself and allow your body to do its work.
Change is a constant. Remember the past, be in the present, and prepare as change is the future.
Look at the fall glory of color. Isn’t it beautiful what letting go can produce?
I prefer a mistake that humbles me rather than an achievement that makes me arrogant.
Survival does not depend on strength or intelligence but rather the ability to adapt.
Your life has meaning – live it.
We are often tired because we did too little of what makes us happy.
Biblical accuracy is not the same as following Christ as your master.
Those who know how to tell a story rule society.
There is no balanced life. Life is a process of balancing, constantly making slight adjustments.
Fear of how you appear is how your power disappears.
Freedom comes to those who learn to take nothing personally.
Many people lash out at those trying to help because they cannot accept their own mistakes.
The gift of education is priceless and timeless.
The greatest wealth is your health.
Life cannot be perfect. Embrace the imperfections and live!
It’s not that you have a soul, but rather you are your soul. Eternal in every way.
The pain you feel is often the birthing of your understanding.
Self-forgiveness is the end of guilt.
Keep curiosity alive. Life is meant to be lived.
Wisdom in life is knowing what to hold on to and what to let go of.
From love, comes courage.
Hope is a learned behavior. Think about it.
Courage is not the absence of fear but action in the presence of fear.
There will always be mystery and the unknown. Curiosity drives our existence.
Yesterday was a lesson. Today is life. Tomorrow is hope.
Everyone dies. The question is: are you living?
My greatest achievements have come out of my greatest failures.
One of the secrets to happiness and wisdom is the ability to change.
Even heroes need to rest.
Open your arms if you want to be held.
It takes courage to forgive yourself.
When you do something that is right, just do it. Someone has to do it.
Forgiveness allows a memory to heal and changes the memory of the past in to a hope for the future.
Love yourself enough to forgive, then forgive again.
Whatever makes you smile on the inside and outside, trust that.
True family is not born of blood but from respect and joy shared in each other’s life.
A true leader does not look for consensus but creates consensus.
Seek knowledge not only from books but listen to your soul as well.
Accept what happens to you and answers will come.
Aging can bring greater power to help others.
Inside you are all the wonders you seek
Be the reason someone believes in kindness again.
When you are afraid, try laughing. It’s hard to be afraid and laugh at the same time.
Love does not come from finding perfection. Love comes from embracing the imperfection.
My thoughts are gossamer on all of creation.
Seeking worth and validation through overachieving in whatever you do is a danger sign for carrying internal toxic shame and guilt.
Constant self-criticism will not allow you to improve yourself. Accept yourself if you want to grow as a person.
Smile. Be silly. Have fun. Don’t take life too seriously. Inspire.
When we scratch the itch of addiction, we do not allow the addiction to heal.
View success as measured by your happiness rather than position, money, or fame you have achieved.
Living the same year over and over is not necessarily a life. Make each year unique and one to remember.
If you wouldn’t let someone in your house, why do you let them in to your head?
Success does not change someone; it increases what’s already there.
During this season, your presence is needed more than your presents.
The secret to success? Believe in yourself and remain humble.
God is real to me in my own personal way, but I cannot define that reality. That mystery excites me most.
To be enlightened you must turn from materialism of this world. There is no gospel of prosperity
Empty yourself and allow yourself to be filled. There you will be exalted.
Be compassionate and there you will find your answer.
Mistakes that make me humble are better than achievements that make me arrogant.
God tries to direct me in the right direction with gentle nudges but sometimes I have to be jack-slapped into the right direction.
Patience is how you act while you wait, not that you can wait.
Why do we feel compliments less deeply than we do insults? We are worthy.
Inspire with integrity.
Forgiveness does not erase what happened, it’s a decision to let go of the resentment that is causing you pain.
Your faults are a part of the glorious creation you are.
Quit listening to opinions of your imperfections.
Gratitude offers you permission to allow for your mistakes and appreciate they are part of who you are.
The light that shines from within you, is the true you, not the negative stories you tell yourself.
Once you realize your happiness is based on acceptance of who you are right now, you will have contentment and peace.
Hard times come to everyone until the day we are done.
Indecision will always lead to someone getting hurt. Decisions may lead to someone getting hurt.
Don’t be ashamed to ask for help. It does not mean you are weak; it means you are wise.
Do not expect people to do for you as you do for them. You will often be disappointed.
Kindness can dissolve misunderstanding, mistrust, and anger.
Whether in science or religion, doubt is not a sin, but rather a path to finding the truth.
Each relationship has a lifespan. Be thankful for the love and the lesson learned.
Our achievements do not equal our self-worth.
In our attempts to attain perfection, we berate ourselves for mistakes and rob us of self-worth.
Stop criticizing yourself. It hasn’t helped. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.
A successful leader sometimes leads from behind.
If faith happened overnight, you wouldn’t learn what to believe.
Do not expect a spouse you give to you that which you should be giving to yourself. It’s not fair to your spouse.
If you cannot let go of the past, you doom the future to be the past as well.
The truth is rarely clean and never easy.
Shame corrodes our being and creates walls that prevent us from forgiving ourselves.
Seek truth first and you will find comfort. Seek comfort first and truth may not be found.
The practice of medicine should never include judgment of a patient’s behavior.
It is never too late to change and begin the path to success.
Place a light in your heart and you will always find your way home.
Patience is a form of wisdom. Let life happen and trust in it
If you feel like you always need to be fixed, you are telling yourself that you are broken. Accept yourself as you are, and you will find peace
In true friendship, time dissolves.
I have stigmatized myself with the concept of perfection. I am working to find peace in just being me.
Experienced trauma can make you feel helpless and fear the unknown. Talk to someone.
There are moment of despair and joy in our lives but for the most part, we spend our lives waiting. Do not waste these moments. Find your peace.
Most of the time, we see the worst in ourselves. Cherish those close enough to you to tell you that you are wrong.
Not all that is sensational is important.
Sometimes a breakthrough comes after the biggest breakdown in your life.
The twisted tree lives out its life. The straight tree becomes lumbar. It’s ok to be twisted.
Be aware of yourself and do not let habitual thoughts run your life.
The ability to fight negative thinking is to choose one thought over another.
Fear of failure is the only thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve.
Challenge your desire to overindulge. Moderation can be a source of balance, health, and peace.
Every challenge and adversity offer the opportunity for growth.
Rock bottom can be the foundation on which you rebuild!
Fear is part of being brave. One cannot be brave without the presence of fear.
Success is not ever falling but rising every time we fall.
Humility is not a goal but the essence of love and wisdom
To experience gratitude fully, don’t just speak it, but live it.
We all fail every day. I am a better man today than I was yesterday if I learn from those failures.
There is no greater wisdom than kindness
Look for me in the people I have known and loved. This is eternal life for me.
Mass suffering reveals the façade of independence. We are truly interdependent and need each other.
It is unhealthy to base happiness on achieving some external goal. Happiness starts with acceptance of who you are.
An apology cannot change the past, but it can change the future.
The desire for revenge poisons the mind and makes you weak. Forgiving frees you and makes you strong.
Arrogance has nothing to do with greatness and humility is often is a sign of quiet confidence.
Let me make this clear, I do not have a dirty mind. I have a sexy imagination!
Optimism yields more success and happiness than any other attitude.
Life always falls apart when held together with lies
Enjoy happiness when it is present but never chase it. There is an impermanence to every feeling.
Competing ideas and agreeing to disagree are far better than retreating to our corners and refusing to listen to each other.
You may have HIV, but HIV does not have you. You are in charge.
Compassion requires energy. Hate does not. Think about it.
No matter how much love someone pours in to your well, without self-love it will never be filled.
Embrace our differences for these make us whole.
Most of my successes in life initially scared me to death.
What you see in others is a reflection of your own journey.
At times, there is nothing better than a well-placed profanity! It offers relief not found in prayer!
Some say the glass is half empty. Some say it is half full. I say we can fill it.
Sow love and joy will grow.
Your kiss did not sound like a cannon, but its echo has endured much longer.
Let love not be a bond between you, but rather a fluid sea washing upon each other’s shores.
Language has power. Choose positive words. Instead of need to or have to, say want to or choose to. Word choice can influence your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.
I am made up completely of flaws put together perfectly.
Once you look inward with self-love, it’s hard to look outward with hate.
Let go of the idea that you constantly need to be fixed, you are good enough as you are.
Worry does not change your future; it steals your strength for today.
Practice gentleness to yourself and you will experience the success you seek.
Even if you failed, all that matters is that you tried. Your best is good enough.
Laughter can be symbol of hope and healing. Embrace it whenever you can.
Success is not always a roar, sometimes it is a quiet, “I’ll try again tomorrow.”
Miss Rona has me in hug withdrawal. Friends, family, and patients, you have been warned!
The current politics of Me First do not work on an individual, local, national, or international level. We are all interconnected as our health and economy reveal. Together in everything is the answer.
How a person treats you is more often about their internal struggle rather than about you.
Peace is not the absence of challenges but rather to be in the middle of challenges and still have calm in your heart.
Rather than trying to fix what you see as imperfections in yourself, embrace them as part of your wholeness.
Find beauty in the frayed edges and cracks. These imperfections remind us of time and the impermanence of everything including ourselves. Allow them to teach you acceptance.
Despite our differences, compassion and courage can unite us. Good can come from any crisis.
What we don’t understand, we tend to worship or fear.
It is not how much you have that makes you rich, it is how much you give.
Money should be your servant not your master.
Being rich and famous and doing everything you wanted is not the answer.
I suspect that even the most awful person, on the deepest level, really needs our love.
There is great power in a kind word, a smile, a gentle touch. You can change lives with these simple acts.
You are not the voice in your head that criticizes you. You are the one who recognizes this fact.
Do not appraise your self-worth by everchanging external measures. Develop self-worth from looking within and accept you as you are.
Diversity in nature promotes health and longevity. Such is true for society as well.
I would rather you understand my tears than know my smile.
Remember you deserve your love and affection as much as anyone else.
Superficial pleasures and glittering gadgets are turning us in to over medicated debt drowning serfs.
We are doing more and feeling less. American dream success is stealing your ability to be an enlightened person.
What you dwell on becomes your reality and determines your destiny.
Having compassion for others includes yourself
It is not the person who insults you but rather your opinion that what is said is insulting.
Knowing that a friend will help is often more valuable than the help.
Do what you can that is in your power and accept the rest as it happens.
Obsession over your own desires steals happiness.
There is no shame in being tired. Even the courageous need to rest.
Be content simply to be yourself and don’t make comparisons to others. Then true peace and respect will be achieved.
All thoughts and emotions and sensations are impermanent and ever changing. Accept these changes and try to observe these changes without letting them control you.
In the absence of wanting, we find peace.
Forgiving someone does not erase their wrongdoing, it releases the hold anger and resentment has on your heart and allows peace to return.
To be happy and wise, one must understand change is constant.
True confidence is rooted in our ability to unconditionally love ourselves.
The best gift we can give to another is our presence.
People tend to fail when they focus on what they’re getting and tend to succeed when they focus on what they’re becoming.
The most difficult feelings have a beginning and an end
No one and no thing can give you peace except yourself.
My greatest successes have come out of my greatest failures. Learn to fall upward!
Ego tells us we are not worthy; love says we are. You choose.
Few understand that the burden of success can weigh you down and cause you to stumble.
He who isn’t keeping score, who is not trying to get richer, and not afraid to lose, he is free.
Don’t seek love. Tear down the walls you have built against it and love will find you
Do not put up walls to give the illusion of emotional strength.
How you climb the mountain is more important than reaching the top.
Try and remember something you did as a child that made you forget time. And do it often.
Being vulnerable teaches compassion both to yourself and others
Dripping water wears away stone not through force but through persistence
Try not to put up walls to give the appearance of emotional security. One must be vulnerable to be compassionate.
One of the greatest human freedoms is the ability to choose one’s attitude in a given set of circumstances.
To achieve great things, do not attempt to do them all alone.
Fear the person who is never wrong.
Speak when angry and you will make a speech you will regret.
To love is to be vulnerable. To love deeply is to allow yourself to be weak.
Avoiding change often results in an unstable future
Much learning does not guarantee understanding
A person’s character is his guardian angel.
A successful future of a state starts with the education of its youth
The less you require from life, the richer you are.
Be where you are now. Be present. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.
We embrace what we know because it’s safe. To embrace what is different takes courage and sense of adventure.
Pride is the foundation of many great mistakes.
Vacation: Much anticipated. Mostly discomfort. Remembered fondly.
No one is a failure who is happy
Nothing is stronger than gentleness
True success is building a firm foundation with the bricks thrown at you.
Through our mistakes, we learn wisdom for the future.
No true genius is exempt from a bit of madness.
Patience is a form of wisdom. Sometimes events must unfold in their own time.
You gather more flowers with an open hand rather than a closed fist.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
Never judge people by their worst mistakes.
Do not prioritize what’s in your schedule, rather schedule your priorities.
The beginning of wisdom? When you know that you don’t know.
Love without pain, is no gain
Eyes and ears are poor witnesses if the mind is uneducated
Do not pursue success. Pursue your passion and success will follow.
All things in this life are temporary. Build it. Tend it. Enjoy it. But when the time comes, let it go.
Knowledge tempered with justice is wisdom.
Education is a jewel in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
Imagine for yourself a character you wish to be in public and in private. Therein you will find peace.
Do the best you can and let the rest happen.
Do not prioritize what’s in your schedule. Rather schedule your priorities.
Forgive yourself for your past. Your future depends on it.
What is terrible, may be at its core, that which needs our love most.
Life is not one size fits all. Forge your own path and celebrate your uniqueness.
In a moment you are born. In a moment you die. In a moment you can fall in love. Anything is possible in a moment.
You are not the voice you hear in your head. You are the ones who answers it. What a liberation!
Do whatever gives you true joy. There you will find your answer to life.
Truly understanding knowledge is the power of teaching.
Honor your daily small achievements. The small does matter,
One of the most courageous acts you can do is to think for yourself – out loud.
Some of our greatest discoveries and achievements have been through a mistake or failure. Be mindful how you want to respond when mistakes occur.
Give me an hour of leisure with a person and I will discover more than a year of conversation could reveal.
The successful person bears the mistakes of life with grace and dignity and grows from them.
What is the word to describe beyond love? After 32 years together and all that we have been through, there doesn’t seem to be a word to define this feeling.
We are called to love our neighbors, even those who didn’t vote like us.
All endings are a beginning.
Last year belongs to last year, next year awaits another voice. Live in the now.
Instead of outward achievements for loss of weight or gain of money, reflect and dream of who you want to be and trust you have the strength to become this person. Set aside the idea that you need to be fixed. Be kind to yourself and love yourself as you are.
Judge tenderly if you must judge. There is usually a side you haven’t heard.
Through judging, we separate. Through understanding, we connect.
The highest expression of gratitude is not to utter merely words, but to live by them.
Hold on to the vision of who you want to become and don’t let others’ perceptions of you hold you back.
To achieve confidence and remove self-doubt, be an unconditional friend to yourself.
Confidence does not come from external achievements but rather comes from being gentle and friendly with yourself.
I am not following a path. I am blazing a trail for others to follow!
We treat others with more care than we do ourselves. In our relationship with ourselves, we berate ourselves, self-judge. We should build ourselves up.
Be thankful for the challenges in your life, even for pain and loss as these struggles are our best teachers in resilience and compassion.
When someone speaks ill of you, live as so nobody will believe them.
To change lives, speak with love and compassion.
What you love is what you are.
In the past I was smart, and I wanted to change the world. Now I am wise so I am changing myself.
If you cannot live in the present, then you cannot live
No one can give you peace but you.
When your life routines get interrupted and you feel like a failure, view the break as an intermission in the symphony of your life. Be gentle with yourself.
Observe and acknowledge your emotions but do not become them
To succeed, do not focus all your energy on fighting the old, but on building the new.
Love is not just something I possess nor is it something I only feel. Love is a verb that requires my action.
This white boy believes in the United Shades of America
Some of the biggest achievements in my life have come from helping others achieve.
I never let my sense of morals prevent me from doing what is right
To be happy, choose which matters most: your fears or your hopes.
The more forgiving you are, the more you are forgiven.
Equality and justice are not means to a higher political end. They are the highest political end.
One of life’s hardest challenges is to know so much yet have control over nothing.
The educated mind can entertain an idea without accepting it.
Science is gathering knowledge faster than society is gaining wisdom
My goal is not live forever but to create something that does.
You can accomplish great things when you don’t care who gets the credit.
If you are betrayed, release disappointment at once so that bitterness has no time to take root.
You only get the love you think you deserve.
The immature person wants to die nobly for a cause while the mature person wants to live humbly for a cause.
No one is a failure who enjoys life
Fail at something you love rather than succeed in something you hate.
Be your character not your reputation. You are your character and reputation is merely what people think you are.
There is nothing stronger than gentleness.
My actions are seeds I plant in patients for fruit others will reap.
If you cannot see Christ in the homeless drug addict, then you will not find Him in the Sunday morning chalice.
Freedom may be won by generation but must be earned and maintained by the next generation.
We do not pray to influence God, but rather to change the nature of we who pray.
Intelligence and a naughty mind is an excellent combination……….
God only give what you can handle. Apparently God thinks I’m a bad ass
After 32 year, I can’t remember if Trey fell for me or if I tripped him……………..
Marriage lets you annoy one special person the rest of your life.
Someone else’s success in no way diminishes mine.
Thinking well of others often allows them to be better than they would be otherwise.
My faith journey has taught me that the secret to happiness can be summed up in two words: practice forgiveness.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, narrow-mindness.
To learn what humans really are – you need only observe during elections
When every person in a state votes, cruel laws are impossible.
Verily I say unto you, that it is one thing to have money and another thing to know how to spend it.
Nothing incites money crimes like great poverty and great wealth.
Some worship heroes, some worship power, some worship God – but all worship money.
The difference between the almost right word and the right word is a large matter – look at lightning bug and lightning.
Never trust your judgement when your imagination is out of focus.
According to the Bible, man was made on the seventh day, when God was tired.
The surest way to spread misinformation is to tell the truth
All humans are liable to err. Be sure to have humility enough to confess your error and retrace your steps.
An educated mind can entertain a thought without accepting it.
Trey and I learned one of the keys to a successful marriage is to argue naked.
Confidence is quiet. Insecurity is noisy.
The ink of an intellect is more sacred than the blood of a martyr.
Hatefulness and ignorance should never be in a position of leadership
Words are free, but how you use them may cost you.
The road to success is always under construction; so embrace the roughness of it and never expect it to be smooth
Make mistakes this coming new year. Growth comes from mistakes and learning from them.
Give cheerfully and accept gratefully. Then everyone is blessed.
Happy people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
You are responsible for your attitude.
Bosses feel responsible for their people. Leaders feel responsible to their people.
Successful people don’t have to have high IQ’s but do need a high WhyQ
True leaders embrace mistakes and lead from them
The more grateful you are, the more respect you have for others.
We prepare for what we care for.
To show love to a single heart by a single act, is better than a thousand heads bowed in prayer.
Nonviolence is a tool of the wise and a weapon of the strong
Great love and great accomplishments involve great risk
Why is it easier to forgive someone for being wrong than for being right?
Patience is not simply waiting, but how we behave while waiting.
To show love to a single heart by a single act, is better than a thousand heads bowed in prayer.
Patience is a bitter cup from which only the strong can drink.
Wesley. Noun. Someone who solves problems you didn’t know you had in a way you don’t understand. See all Wizard, magician.
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way it treats its most vulnerable citizens.
The ability to say I was wrong and I am sorry reveals true strength.
No one is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately!
Too many people are educated far beyond their intelligence.
People are quick to believe the bad things they hear about good people.
Words said in anger are often untrue. Take care to not let those words become your reality.
Friends bring much needed energy to your soul.
To live in the hearts left behind, is to live forever
Don’t confuse what is sensational for what is important.
Take without forgetting and give without remembering.
Your happiness is proportional to your acceptance an inversely proportional to your expectations.
There is power in being silly and not caring that you are.
Patient is encouraged to quit smoking. Smoking cessation material is offered.
Your happiness is proportional to your acceptance an inversely proportional to your expectations.
Love has no gender – compassion has no religion – character has no race
Nothing exceeds my honor in being your teacher.
It is better to be loved than feared.
Laughter attracts joy, releases negativity, and leads to wondrous cures
I am a Christian, but not the kind of Christian that is generous with damnation and stingy with grace.
Treat others as who they are capable of becoming and you help them become that.
The secret to a happy life? An attitude of gratitude.
It takes true moral courage to remain optimistic.
Apparently common sense is not so common.
Great people have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds
Too many people frame advice upon the wall instead of using it.
Feeling powerless can compel you to try and get away with stuff.
I come from Irish stock and naughty is part of the DNA……….
Add a little silliness to your serious plans. It’s good to be silly at the right moment.
We all have challenges. Life without challenges is know as death.
It is more important to know a patient has a disease than what disease a patient has.
ICD9 diagnosis: Sex Addict ICD10 diagnosis: Restless Groin Syndrome
A recent survey indicates that the Smartphone is now the number one hand held device. The penis has slipped to second spot.
You can be too rich. You can be too thin. But you can never have too much bandwidth.
The ultimate rulers in our democracy are not the president, the senators, or the congressman, but rather the voters of this country.
Make your stumble part of your dance.
Part of being smart is knowing that you don’t know some things.
The reason everyone loves a dog is because he wags his tail instead of his tongue.
There is great power in showing forgiveness to someone who doesn’t deserve it.
Love language. Go away means come back. I hate you means I love you. I am fine means I am not okay.
If you are talking about me behind my back, clearly my life is more interesting than yours…………
Chastity is curable if detected early enough
Marriage can be really tough because you have to deal with feelings…and lawyers
Sometimes when I look in to Trey’s eyes, I still find everything.
21st century dating: You can touch each other but you cannot touch each other’s cell phone.
I admit it I married Trey for his looks, but not the ones he’s giving me recently!
Make love, not war. Hell, do both. Get married!
Anyone can be passionate. It takes true lovers too be silly.
Trey: Describe me in one word. Wesley: Mine!
The strength of a man isn’t in how hard he hits. It’s in how tender he touches.
My past does not make me wise. My responsibility for the future does.
I posed nude for a magazine but the guy at the newsstand said he only took cash.
Your character is what you really are. Your reputation is merely what others think you are.
Do not lose your identity to your demons. We all have demons. Don’t let them define you.
Being gay is not a choice. Hate is.
I am not perfect. But I can still be a superhero. Even they make mistakes….
What you believe spiritually is not the problem. What you think I should believe is the problem.
Jellyfish have survived for 650 million years without a brain. So there is hope for many people.
They will know us by our love….just saying.
Courage is not a sentiment, it’s a commitment.
If you think no one cares that you are alive, try missing a few car payments.
Why does no one listen me until I fart?
I think there is intelligent life elsewhere in the universe and I know they are intelligent because they have not tried to contact us!
I have one tongue and two ears so I can listen twice as much as I speak.
If you believe everything you read, it may be better not to read.
I was first born of flesh, then from the ashes of fire, and now reborn in the song of love and service to others.
A person rebuilt with hope resurrects dreams killed by hate.
Sometimes, there is nothing better than a well-placed profanity.
Be kind quickly and often. You never know when it may be too late.
Cancer started a fight with Trey 11 years ago today. But Trey finished the fight!
People do not stay in love because of chemistry. People stay in love because of forgiveness and gratefulness.
We have to deal with the demons we are and the miracles we can be.
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
When it comes to religion, forget the messenger. Did you get the message? That’s the question.
We underestimate the power of a kind word, a smile, a listening ear, and an honest compliment.
I ain’t saintly, even faintly………….
Enlightenment forever takes away the right to judge between the worthy poor and the unworthy poor.
You drew a circle that left me out. So I drew a bigger circle that took you in.
I may pause before a battle, but I never shrink from it.
I have the right to be angry. I do not have the right to be cruel.
Everybody stumbles. All the best people admit it and learn from it.
Never do “whirly birds” in front of an open window without checking first.
Apparently “airing out” on my deck at the intersection of Wendover and Randolph is frowned upon.
I have no need of heavenly rewards. When I look at Trey, family, and friends, I realize I already have my rewards.
Your worth is not measured by what others do to you.
Fight for what you care about, but do it in a way that makes others want to join you.
Money is how I contribute to my financial 401k. Exercise is how I contribute to my physical 401k. Loving others is how I contribute to my emotional 401k
What is epiphany? That moment when your mind, body, and spirit all see something old in a new way.
I am thankful for family, God given and God chosen.
I am thankful for health in mind, body, and spirit.
I am thankful for love and laughter and tears.
I am thankful for those who take care of me.
I am thankful for those who need my help.
I am thankful for food and shelter.
I am thankful.
If you are truly thankful, you share.
Too many of us choose our path out of fear, disguised as practicality.
To find true peace, you must drop the armor and be vulnerable.
So many people are so heavenly minded, that they are no earthly good.
When the argument is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
Pursue your own path, whatever it is, and be happy.
Choose wisely. Sometimes peace is better than being right.
Being vulnerable is the true measure of courage.
God is not the Supreme Being. God is the being of everything. Everything is God.
You are not a human being, you are a human that is being.
I am not a noun. I am is a verb.
Seeking power over others is weakness disguised as strength.
Your life should be an adventure, not a need to arrive or make it.
If you skinny dip in a lake at dawn, fish will nibble at the darnedest things.
Be a guru. Praise others. The, I see you concept.
Find the divine within yourself and you will begin to see it in others.
Your truth lies in your future, not your past.
Values must change as we grow/evolve. Never changing values is self-righteousness.
Why is it if I kill myself quickly with a gun its suicide but if I do it slowly with cigarettes, it’s (not)? Called commerce?
Want to know right from wrong? Ask yourself, what if everyone else did it. You’ll have your answer.
Many merely exist. Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.
As muscle fails, wisdom prevails.
Be happy. Do things from a place of happiness. Then those things you desire will be.
As long as you worry about what others think of you, you have given them power over you.
What you fear is what you will draw to you. Banish fear.
I am you and you are me and God is us. We are all connected.
Those who do not believe in magic will never find it.
Feel your feeling. Cry your cries. Laugh your laughs. Honor your truth.
God is not separate from us, and we are not separate from each other.
Don’t just bring peace to the lives you touch. Be peace.
What made America great was not because each was responsible for personal survival but that each was responsible for the survival of all.
Desire for more leads to less compassion for others.
Politics is the art of saying only what needs to be said, and that is not always the truth.
Deception is part of politics. A lie told long enough becomes the truth.
Power fame and success are not bad. But choose power with others, fame for others, and success for the benefit of others.
Religion asks you to learn from the experience of others while spirituality urges you to learn on your own.
Shame is not virtue. Guilt is not goodness. Fear is not honor.
Strength is not power over another one but rather power shared with another one.
Men try to direct life. Women tend to experience life. We men would do well to learn from women.
Hidden in your deepest feelings is your highest truth
God not tell you His truth until you stop telling Him your truth.
Mind, Body and spirit.
Physical, nonphysical, metaphysical
Conscious, subconscious, superconscious
Id, ego, superego
Energy, matter, antimatter.
Inner peace safely guides us to where thoughts alone cannot go.
The experience of God is so much more important than the word of God.
I don’t need to believe in God. I experience Him every day.
To see as you see, to know as you know, to be as you be.
Put away your pointless taboos on sexual energy. Help each understand its wonder.
You are not a journey to nowhere, but rather a journey to now-here! Heaven is here now. So relax.
I love Trey unconditionally. Expecting him to love me back would be conditional love.
If you cannot love yourself then you cannot love another.
My inadequacies or defects are spaces in to which I can welcome Grace.
Whatever you are ultimately concerned with is God for you.
In our culture the triune God we do trust in is Security, Power, and Possessions.
We are how we treat each other – nothing more.
Rage – in reaction to our leaders’ insanity is a powerful energy that can be turned into fierce compassion.
Your soul is deeply aware of things your mind can barely conceive.
God wants to provide our ultimate security but we seek our safety in power and possession and then continually worry about them.
To be relieved of bondage to who we think we are and can simply be who we are.
There is a strange sadness in freedom. Our souls may have been scarred by the chains that bound us. But at least they are familiar chains.
Laughter is a good beginning for a friendship
Too often when I have loved, I have not said so.
You would be surprised if you knew what your soul said to God sometimes.
Happy is the person who finds a true friend. Happier still when that true friend is your spouse
You should never be ashamed to admit a mistake, for in doing so you are wiser today than yesterday.
Have compassion for all. Some suffer too much, others too little.
To love and be loved. That is true happiness.
It’s hard to be old and wise if you were never young and crazy.
Nothing is illegal, until you are caught.
You are unique! Just like everyone else……..
Why would God give me intellect and the ability to reason, if I weren’t meant to use them?
Reading supplies knowledge. Thinking provides application.
As a Christian, you are not required to understand. You are required to love and serve others.
It is not necessary to understand. It is necessary to love.
When you can regret your actions, you gain character.
When you have actions to regret, that’s when you gain character.
If you’re too busy to laugh, then you are too busy.
Gender preference does not define you. Your spirit defines you
The Lord’s Prayer can be said equally by Jews, Muslims, and Christians. We need to rethink peace.
Modern healthcare has not slowed the aging process; it has slowed the dying process.
We are fragile. We begin life in weakness. We end life in weakness. Accept it.
We will continue to condemn people until we recognize, love, and accept what we despise in ourselves.
I see my life as a journey into the mystery of God. Perhaps God is the journey and not the destination.
Forgive as much as you want to be forgiven
Forgiveness can’t be earned, only given (grace) Trust, however, can’t be given, only earned.
Forgiveness doesn’t mean the offense didn’t hurt; it simply means choosing to pursue healing instead of bitterness.
Sometimes I run naked at the lake in the moonlight and breeze. It’s a freedom that feels close to God and Nature
Conservative thought is not morality.
All of us contain a squealing, giggling, running child that just knows warm sun on naked skin just goes together.
Do not be afraid. Death cannot remove you from the universe.
Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage without fear.
Thoughts are the ancestors of action.
Dream big and place your dreams in the sky. Now build the foundation under them.
It is the duty of every true Deist to vindicate the moral justice of God against the evils of the Bible
To conquer fear, find yourself in others and them in you
The most important issue in life is not winning; it is being faithful to your core values.
To be a Christian is to have the courage to be.
I have decided I no longer want to be called gay. You may call me ecstatic!
Sex is like money. Only too much is enough.
I have had sex with both men and women. I found I liked it.
When I said I don’t sleep with married men, what I meant to say was I don’t sleep with happily married men.
Some of the best sex I have had has been with people I can’t stand.
What are the three words you don’t want to hear while having sex? “Honey, I’m home.”
Trey is my sex object. Every time I ask for sex, he objects.
Be equal to your talent, not your age.
Enlightenment teaches me that as a Christian I can not use violence in asserting my rights.
You are going to die so stop worrying about everything. Be naked. Follow your heart.
If you are never scared, embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take chances.
The two hardest things to say are the first hello and the last goodbye.
It is easier to be a lover than a husband because it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.
We are each a blend of saint and sinner, dust and deity. Please learn to forgive.
I went to a nude wedding once. I came within half an inch of being the best man.
A patient handed me a “Support Nudism” pin. Really? And where was I supposed to put the pin?!?!
Never tell a naked woman she looks just like her sister.
I learned the hard way to never be naked while bathing a cat.
Being gay means no one expects you to kiss and not tell.
Being gay means you can have pictures of naked men you don’t know.
Being gay means you know why God created Lycra and why not everyone should wear it.
Being gay means your dogs have fabulous names
Being gay means you have read the book, seen the movie and done the musical!
Trey tells me he doesn’t remember his mistakes because there is no sense in both of us remembering his mistakes.
God is for me a verb to be lived and not a noun to be defined.
To be wise in love, love more, say less.
As I sit here naked reading Facebook posts and giggle, I realize I jiggle when I giggle.
For many people, chocolate is a guilty pleasure. My guilty pleasure is being Wesley.
If you see me smiling (and you know which smile), I am thinking about something naughty. If you see me laughing, it’s because I have already done it.
Relationships work best when no one is wearing pants!
I have learned that it is best not to figure out who will wear the pants in your relationship.
Marrying well gives one wings. Marrying poorly gives one shackles.
The older I get, the more I’m not as interested in what you have to tell or sell as in how you choose to live and give.
Sex is a momentary itch I scratch, love never lets me go.
Sometimes sex is beautiful. Often, it is fun; funny; dangerous; dull; lethal; exciting, and, for far too many, a chore quite comparable to taking out the garbage.
I reminded Trey today that my heart was his, and as a bonus, he gets all my other parts absolutely free!
I’ve decided when someone lists their relationship on FB as “It’s complicated”, it really means you are single but still sleeping with your ex.
It’s spring and my sap is flowing……..
Love is holy, when from the cup of the body he drinks the wine of the soul.
Christianity begins where religion ends.
Easter takes us out of time and for a moment we feel eternity
Easter. Proof you can bury the truth, but it wont stay there.
Want to grow love? Sow joy……….
Be the light. Be the path. And people will find the way.
The only chance I have to be whole (i.e. holy) is that I live inside the love of my husband Trey. He makes me whole or holy.
Early to bed and early to rise is an indication you don’t care for the internet
Boys will be boys. And so will a lot of middle aged men.
Many men wish to be saved from the consequences of their vices, but not their vices.
Man was created on the 6th day at the end of a week’s work when God was tired.
What a mother sings to the cradle, follows to the coffin.
Laughter in the bedroom is fine – so long as you don’t point.
The secret to a happy marriage? Keep your mouth shut and your checkbook open!
Why is it we flirt with those we would not marry, and marry those who don’t flirt with us?
Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness.
Heaven will be no heaven if I don’t meet my Trey there.
Love is ideal. Marriage is real. Never confuse the two.
To access God, help those who need help – there you will find God.
I access God when I am serving others.
There’s a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.”
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
Many will be amazed that the seed sown in the dust of daily life, will blossom and bloom as a blessing to the Lord
Each of us is a pen in God’s hand and he is writing love letters to the world
God is looking for spiritual fruits, not religious nuts……………….
Respect bought with money is not worth it.
As I get older, I realize that fear makes strangers of those who should be friends.
The critical responsibility for each generation is to provide the shoulders, the direction, and the support for the next generation.
There is only one real sin, and that is not fulfilling your destiny.
The mistake politicians make is forgetting they were elected and thinking they have been anointed.
The military does not start wars. Politicians do.
95% of politicians give the other 5% a bad reputation
Politicians are interested in people. But then fleas are interested in dogs.
My road to happiness and your road to happiness are different. But neither of us is lost.
Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
You know you are gay if you manscape, down there, before you see me for a checkup.
Loose the words of passion’s fire,
Kindle the flame.
Stir in me desire,
With the soft uttering of my name.
I scared the postman by going to the door naked. I’m not sure what scared him more, my naked body or the fact that I knew where he lived.
“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude.”
No one can go back and make a new start. But anyone can start now and have a brand new ending.
Don’t worry about failure. Worry about the chances you miss because you don’t try.
“Life is short, live it. Love is rare, grab it. Anger is bad, dump it. Fear is awful, face it. Memories are sweet, cherish them.”
The best revenge is to be wildly successful.
Go where you are celebrated – not tolerated. If they can’t see the real value of you, it’s time for a new start.”
“Good things come to those who wait… greater things come to those who get off their ass and do anything to make it happen.”
“I don’t regret the things I’ve done; I regret the things I didn’t do when I had the chance.”
How good is gay sex that people are willing to go to Hell for it!
Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.
True leadership is to be a true servant.
If we live good lives, times are also good. As we are, so are the times.
Success is never permanent. A failure is never final.
When Trey is not here, there is a hole in my life that I walk around during the day and fall into at night. I miss him like Hell.
I prefer to be wisely worldly rather than worldly wise.
I have decided it is bad luck to be superstitious……….
It seems to me that in these times of governmental deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
I never let your morals get in the way of me doing what’s right.
I did the whirlybird dance for Trey this morning. Come on guys, don’t pretend you haven’t done the whirlybird……….
Do not follow where the path may lead; go instead, where there is no path. And leave a trail of clothes…….
It doesn’t matter who my father was.
It matters who I remember he was.
How did sex come to be thought of as dirty in the first place? God must have been a Republican.
Anybody who believes that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach flunked geography.
Sexually progressive cultures gave us literature, philosophy, civilization and the rest, while sexually restrictive cultures gave us the Dark Ages and the Holocaust.”
Sex between a man and a woman can be wonderful, provided you can get between the right man and the right woman.
My favorite sex sounds are Ooo and Aahh and “Whose hands are those?”
The reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the naughty guys live!
God will not punish you for your anger. You will be punished by your anger.
However many Bible verses you read, however many you quote, what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?
Is it a weakness to yield to temptation? I say it takes strength and courage to yield to some temptations.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future
Being naked outside and in the water is one of the best ways to restore my sense of blissful innocence. It takes me back to my childhood, where I got to run around naked without anyone telling me I had to cover up or be embarrassed.
Buddha says sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation…the other eight are unimportant. I hope that clears the air for some of you.
Our biological sex drive is several million years older than our intelligence……….
The naked truth is always better than the best dressed lie.
Deceit must be clothed. Truth loves to go naked.
“Warning: Clothing has been shown to cause extreme psychological dependence. Wear it at your own risk.
Homosexuality is found in over 450 species. Homophobia is found in just one.
Congressman, Senators, Representative, and Mayors all place their hand on the Bible and swear to uphold the constitution. They did not place their hand on the constitution and swear to uphold the Bible.
Nudity is about your body. It is easier to expose your body than to expose your inner thoughts.
Why is it we are okay with violence but we race to criticize and censor nudity.
Why is it a naked woman in heels looks beautiful and a naked man in shoes looks silly?
“What’s all the fuss about same-sex marriages? I’ve been married for years, and I keep having the same sex.”
Never drive faster than your Guardian Angel can fly.
Ever notice how ignorance picks-up confidence as it goes along.
An apology is a good way to have the last word.
Youth looks ahead, old age looks back, and middle age looks tired
A successful marriage isn’t finding the right person – it’s being the right person.
The height of your accomplishments will equal the depth of your convictions.
In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.
A boy becomes a man when the marks he wants to leave on the world have nothing to do with tires.
I’m young at heart. Slightly older in other places.
The Ford Motor Company is unveiling an electric car with a body entirely made of plastic… I believe they’re calling it ‘the Cher’.
I went to a strip mall the other day. Was I ever disappointed…Everybody else had on clothes.
“In hotel rooms I worry. I think, I can’t be the only guy who sits on the furniture naked.”
Preach the gospel and when necessary use words. St Augustine
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be bent out of shape…..
If people were meant to be naked, we would have been born that way………
“Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love – for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you from misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore, be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labours and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.” – Max Ehrmann
No relationship can survive 4th of July fireworks every night, but a relationship can last a lifetime with the fireflies of a July night
I am not a winner because I am the fastest or the best. I am a winner because I refuse to lose.
For me, Nekkid and nude
Should never be construed
As synonyms to express
The same deficiency of dress.
They are as wide apart,
As love from lies or truth from art
Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.
I don’t drink alcohol. I drink spirits. I am no an alcoholic, I’m spiritualist
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.
There is no success without hardship” – Sophocles 4th Century BCE
Sometimes, I leave a world dense with memories, to let my soul prosper.
I have been given this life because I am strong enough to handle it. So are you.
Trey is more me than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same
I am male by birth. Man by age. And a gentleman by choice.
True love is like a sigh from the heart; it teaches in a moment everything one ought to say.
When lovers get angry, their love revives.
Sometimes I dream I am flying. Sometimes I dream I am naked. I am glad I never dream I am flying naked. Imagine the turbulence!
Friendship isn’t about whom you have known the longest. It’s about those who came and never left your side
Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.
You know you have grown old together when the romantic sounds of Ooo and Ahh are replaced by Ohh and Oww.
I had a transgender patient this week who was concerned about drinking and eating too much. He said all he wanted to do was eat, drink and be Mary…………….
Well behaved men seldom make history.
If you live and never fail at something, then you have not lived.
The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage
A patient recently told me that when he gets the urge to exercise, he lies down until the urge passes…………..
It is not a lack of love; it’s a lack of friendship that can ruin a marriage.
Slavery was abolished by the minority.
Women’s suffrage was abolished by the minority.
Anti-Miscegenation law was abolished by the minority.
Anti-Marriage equality was abolished by the minority.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
One can live as though nothing is a miracle. One can live as though everything is a miracle. It’s your choice…………..
Patients forget what I say. Patients forget what I do. But patients never forget how I make them feel. This is the art of medicine.
I always forgive my enemies. Nothing annoys them more.
A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you
I’m glad I am a man who has once danced naked in uptown Charlotte at midnight.
This morning, I was standing naked in front of the mirror and thinking to myself, “I’m going to get thrown out of this IKEA soon.”