“You can get the monkey off your back, but the circus never leaves town,”  ~Anne Lamott, Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith Some of my favorite quotes are circus metaphors. Another one that I’ve enjoyed using lately — “Not my circus, not my monkeys” — has Polish origins. Do you ever get the feeling that life is one big circus act? Sometimes we’re balancing with ease on the high wire; other times we’re stuck for hours in the clown car. Pass the popcorn. ~CL