"... life sometimes gives you ...."

 

"I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance."

"... making a 'living' ...."

 

"I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'." 

"... regardless of your relationship ...."

"I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life." 

 

"... you can tell a lot ...."

 

"I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights." 

"... no matter what happens ...."

 

"I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow."

Year of the Horse

 

Year of the Fire Horse

Vitality, Power, Grace

- potent combination - 

Humility, like fire

gives and takes too.

"Come my friends"

Come my friends

‘Tis not too late to seek a newer world ...

Though much is taken, much abides;

... that which we are we are, –

One equal temper of heroic hearts,

Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

Lord Alfred Tennyson, Ulysses