Michael On
Michael On
numbers used
Number 45 doesn't explode like Number 23 used to.
motivational mean acceptance
Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.
worst-case-scenario cases ifs
If you fixate on the worst-case scenario and it actually happens, you’ve lived it twice.
differences keys giving
But the key to our marriage is the capacity to give each other a break. And to realize that it's not how our similarities work together; it's how our differences work together.
unique people use
The first part of my life was to be an actor and maybe have some success at that. Then [it was time] to find somebody to be in a relationship with and have a life that way. Because of Parkinson's, I had to change: How can I be of service here? Is there something unique to my situation that I can use to help people? I did not have the wherewithal to invent that. It just happened in front of me and had me join in.
challenges our-actions action
Our challenges don’t define us, our actions do.
judging judgement can-do
The least amount of judging we can do, the better off we are.
pain forever film
Pain is temporary, film is forever.
worst-case-scenario focus looks
That's the way I look at things - if you focus on the worst case scenario and it happens, you've lived it twice. It sounds like Pollyanna-ish tripe but I'm telling you - it works for me.
drinking thinking able
I'm glad I don't have a drinking problem,' I confided, 'because I don't think I'd ever be able to quit.
worst-case-scenario flukes doe
Don't spend a lot of time imagining the worst-case scenario. It rarely goes down as you imagine it will, and if by some fluke it does, you will have lived it twice.
wall names balance
I have times when I'm off-balance. I have times when I slur my words. I have times when I walk into walls. I have times when I can't remember somebody's name.
years lasts given
After all that I'd been through, after all that I'd learned and all that I'd been given, I was going to do what I had been doing every day for the last few years now: just show up and do teh best that I could do with whatever lay in front of me.
live-life joy frustrated
I can get sad, I can get frustrated, I can get scared, but I never get depressed - because there's joy in my life.