You create your opportunities by asking for them.

Take time to work. It is the price of success. Take time to meditate. It is the source of power. Take time to play. It is the secret of perpetual youth. Take time to read. It is the way to knowledge. Take time to be friendly. It is the road to happiness. Take time to laugh. It is the music of the soul. And take time to love and be loved.

- an Old Irish Prayer

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

We seem to be going through a period of nostalgia, and everyone seems to think yesterday was better than today. I don't think it was, and I advise you not to wait for ten years before admitting yesterday was great. If you're hung up on nosalgia, pretend today is yesterday and just go out and have one hell of a time.