Repeat after me:
+ The lovely antique-looking desk, the purple violin, the gorgeously obscure WWII books all perished in a terrible fire. You did the best you could to rescue them.
+ The only French you've spoken was spoken: 1. in college, where three courses and 2 labs of intensive French were required for graduation; 2. in dialogues with university colleagues as form of practice; 3. to mimic the actors and actresses in such movies as Amélie and Le Pacte des Loups (among other favorites), also as a form of practice.
+ At some point in your life, you found yourself amidst snow, somewhere in the Northern hemisphere, but you do not know how, when, or how you got there. You must have been delusional. However, you're glad for the snowy days & nights.
+ You love the good times, but you realize that peace of mind is uncompromisable.
+ Dead men tell no (more) tales.
+ If all else fails, remember that precious stones cure all.
(More to be added later ~ curing in process)
