Definition: The bright shining sun on a cloudless, freezing sub-zero winter day.

This is an old Persian proverb that doesn't translate well into English. Essentially, in winter, just because it's bright and sunny out don't assume, it's warm. If you don't dress appropriately, you might feel like or look like an ass. Donkey Sun!

The two states of being are as a human being, or a hungry ghost. Semi-regularly you need to ask yourself which you are. Sometimes it is human. Others, alas, it is hungry ghost.

The hungry ghost seeks validity outside of themselves. Someone pining for an indifferent ex is a hungry ghost. Someone who arrives alone at 6:30 on Saturday night to a pub is probably a hungry ghost. Obsessive checking of mobile phones, chat sites or networks are clear signs that one is a hungry ghost.

The best thing to do is just stay home and ride it out. Read a book. Find some good clean fun.