The big old world is waiting for me. It’s going to be a great day.
“Read at the level at which you want to write. Reading is the nourishment that feeds the kind of writing you want to do.”
~ Jennifer Egan
Ask a big question. A big dream fuels a big goal. A big dream might be running a marathon or climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, wiggling back into a closet full of clothes you love, cutting back on blood pressure medication, or playing games and sports energetically with your children.
Dare to dream big. So what if you fail? Dream big and start again.
Don’t stop dreaming.
“If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.”
~ Ivan Turgenev
Joe: “It took me a while but I finally told my hot coworker how I felt.”
Pete: “What happened?”
Joe: “Turns out she felt the same way. So I turned on the air conditioning.”
When stress is overwhelming and you find yourself eating too quickly or reaching for food to help you cope, take a moment to pause and appreciate the food in front of you.
“There’s lots of things that can’t make it in the world that are worth making. There are lots of great artists who never make it, there are lots of great writers who don’t get published – is it still worthwhile? Aren’t we glad people are still doing it?”
~ Dana Spiotta
Prayer of St. Francis
St. Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace;
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
Grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console;
To be understood, as to understand;
To be loved, as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
And it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
Amen.
I’m going to throw a rope around my dreams and go after them. Making my dreams become a reality.
“A great writer created a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out.”
~ Cyril Connolly
