In our busyness, we deceive ourselves into believing that we have no time for the activities we enjoy, the goals we dream about — for creativity, for rest … for just plain fun! However, slow and steady wins the race. Especially for those of us who periodically run w-a-y too fast in various directions! Despite [...]
People who know me well, often asked how it is that I remain so upbeat. They ask because, as noted on my Etsy bio: Unexpected {adventures} in motherhood, ovarian cancer and garden-variety real-life stuff threatened to send me over the proverbial edge on numerous occasions! Solitude — self-imposed and “otherwise” — joined with creAtive activity [...]
Not. It is unreasonable {and doomed to fail} when we fling a bit of thought and action in the direction of a goal. Foundations require more than wishes, hopes and dreams. And are set with the concrete of commitment and diligence. It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan. ~Eleanor Roosevelt [...]
You do not succeed because you do not know what you want or you don’t want it intensely enough. ~Frank Crane I have a swirled response to that idea. Because sometimes knowing what you want becomes a work-in-progress, and the passionate intensity with which you pursue it is indeed {enough}. You simply are not “there” [...]
All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible. ~ Orison Swett Marden Perhaps the change of seasons … or the weather … or mere routine replacing scenic travel and being away from home. Whatever it is, I [...]