for those of you not on the Brezny mailing list

Rob Brezny's newsletter/horoscope just landed in my inbox, and at the top of the email is this wonderful quote. I was so taken aback by it that I had to post it immediately, even though I haven't even gotten to my horoscope yet.

"Do not be critics, you people, I beg you. I was a critic and I wish I could
take it all back because it came from a smelly and ignorant place in me
and spoke with a voice that was all rage and envy. Do not dismiss a book
until you have written one, and do not dismiss a movie until you have
made one, and do not dismiss a person until you have met them. It is a
f***load of work to be open-minded and generous and understanding and
forgiving and accepting, but, Christ, that is what matters. What matters is
saying yes."
-Dave Eggers, *The Harvard Advocate*