Sense of self

"The whole purpose of places like Starbucks, is for people with no decision-making ability whatsoever, to make six decisions just to buy one cup of coffee. Short, tall, light, dark, caf, decaf, low-fat, non-fat, etc. So people who don't know what the hell they're doing or who on earth they are, can, for only $2.95, get not just a cup of coffee, but an absolutely defining sense of self: Tall. Decaf. Cappuccino."

~ Joe Fox (You've got mail).

Yachts

I go through my life like a sail yacht in the ocean - small, vulnerable and yet sailing on, at the mercy of the wind and the waves. The yacht has, at best, limited control over the winds that propel it. Every once in a while, a favourable wind blows two yachts together. Eventually, the winds will change, and when they do, the yachts will go their separate ways.

I will always be thankful for these favourable winds, no matter what the consequence; for though the yachts do sail away, life is never the same again.