Reading this book today … … and tweeting quotes from it. Decided I must quote this one nugget here: [That] by performing the mundane physical act of sitting down and starting to work, he set into motion a mysterious by infallible sequence of events that would produce inspiration, as surely as if the goddess had [...]
It can feel overwhelming to curb the challenge of daily {weekly} busyness {randomness, various rabbit trails and shiny things}, thus preventing “daily-busy” from flooding over our priorities. We begin the day full of hope and energy {mostly? } that what is in our mind’s eye will translate into tangible reality. Then, the day {week} concludes [...]
December 31 – Core Story What central story is at the core of you, and how do you share it with the world? (Bonus: Consider your reflections from this month. Look through them to discover a thread you may not have noticed until today.) My central story? Resiliency. Albeit reluctant resiliency! How do I share [...]
We are not slaves to a piece of paper with numbers on it! All this annual, changy, New Year stuff is nonsense if we are merely going through the motions — takin’ orders from numbers on a calendar, peer pressure and various and sundry tweets and posts. Start where you are. Use what you have. [...]
Let’s toast to Keepin’ It Simple & Sparkly for the New Year! After all, setting up all sorts of expectations and wordy goals generally proves to bog us down in the drudgery of perfection! And you know you want to be sparkly! Because we have all made lists of To-Do’s and {goals} aka “new year’s [...]
Here is a random collection of links {and quotes} from my week. To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same field, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson The great stumbling block [...]
Today can be a day full of excuses and regrets, or it can be a day full of progress and achievement. The choice is completely up to you. ~Ralph Marston Long holiday weekends are fabulously accommodating for rest and hobbies, to ponder and journal {gratitude} — and check-off random tasks and to-do’s. I have been [...]
We all know the stories / We all know the fairytales / We all get the glory / Of making it for ourselves ~”Happy Ending,” Sugarland Friendships are creAtive weavings of outrageous joy, love and grace, glitter and laughter. Such colorful and vivid weavings are essential to our stories, of making {it} for ourselves. And [...]
If you limit your personal items, you are forced to choose. ~Zach Klein Said choices are extremely revealing with regard to why we collect all those personal items in the first place {and why we can’t let go of them}. Being {sort of} a groupie of @messycanvas — who tweeted about the 100 Thing Challenge [...]
“The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.” ~Walter Bagehot It is safe to say that I enjoy said pleasure on a routine basis. The buzz that one cannot {have it all} is true for anyone who believes in perfection in the “all” of having … However, if one is [...]