You know how every once in a while you do something and the little voice inside says, ‘There. That’s it. That’s why you’re here.’ … and you get a warm glow in your heart because you know it’s true? Do more of that. Jacob Nordby Why am I here is a more impacting […]
There is a beautiful thing called Imperfect Progress. It comes when we take slow steps of progress wrapped in grace. Lysa TerKeurst I don’t know about you, but there are some things I need to be perfect and others I don’t. So many times, I’ve watched YouTube videos of people folding fitted sheets and […]
Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. Maya Angelou Bryce Courtenay was certainly onto something when he wrote The Power of One. There’s something significant about someone having a vision for their life and sticking to it. There’s power in a story […]
The one thing you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can. Neil Gaiman, Make Good Art I just spent two days with six women on a writing retreat. We had classes […]
If today was the last day of your life, what would you change? When Elizabeth Gilbert quoted an older friend who said that every thoughtful woman, every ten years, should take some time to be alone with herself, in order to re-examine the direction of her own life, and to decide if any alterations need to […]
Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that. Don’t be impressed with yourself. Don’t compare yourself with others. Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life. Galatians 6:4-5 (The Message) I don’t […]
We can’t have moral obligations to every single person in this world. We have moral obligations to those who we come up against, who enter into our moral space, so to speak. That means neighbors, people we deal with, and so on. Alexander McCall Smith It’s cold out here. In fact, it’s freezing. I can […]
What a privilege it is to open up to inspiration, discard the cloak of fear, put your face toward the sun, and bloom. Elaine Fraser It’s spring here in the USA and that means daffodils, tulips and the first gold-green leaves on deciduous trees. In New York, warmth had already come and the flowers were opening […]
Nerd one whose unbridled passion for something, or things, defines who they are as a person, without fear of other people’s judgement. Zachary Levi When I travel alone, I tend to find quite nerdy things to do that perhaps others may not find interesting or exciting. Bookstores, book cafes, libraries, universities, galleries, and museums are […]
