Spiral lucky green plant - Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known. Though I have never seen it, I'm...

Tables and chairs at the food court - Worry is like a rocking chair--it gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere. A little boy said to his father, "Let's play darts. I'll throw the darts and you say, `Wonderful!' " Here is a boy...

Miniature offshore vessel model - People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after I like to take long walks in the cemetery. I've noticed something about the hundreds of people beneath the cemetery ground. None of...

Antique clock piece (New Year's Day) - Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man. Not long ago a commercial airliner landed at New York's JFK Airport. The captain was new to the New York...

Raindeer ride at the amusement park - Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent. You've...