struggles remind us we're alive, happiness reminds us we're not alone.

Its amazing how quiet an empty house is. Especially out in the suburbs. You really don’t hear anything but silence and the clicking of my keyboard.

So I have two pairs of shoes I usually wear to work – one pair I don’t like as much so I wear more often, and a pair that I think are nicer, I wear much less often. The first pair is out in the garage on the shoe rack, the second pair is stored away in a closet. I wore my nicer shoes to work on Thursday. I just put them away tonight. It amazes me how when I pulled them out on Thursday morning the goal was to look a bit nicer for the weekend trip and how when I put them away on Saturday night, every factor is different.

The house is so quiet tonight.

I don’t want to drive to church tomorrow.

Polonius.

There is always a hint of value even in a heap of garbage.

To thine own self be true.