Nothing Matters

“Bad news is: You can’t make people like, love, understand, validate, accept, or be nice to you. You can’t control them either. Good news is: It doesn’t matter.” ~ Daily Vibes on Facebook “You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.” ~ Wayne Dyer “Conflict cannotContinue reading “Nothing Matters”

Drama Fatigue

“With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself, or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.” ~ Wayne Dyer “You know the value of every article of merchandise, but ifContinue reading “Drama Fatigue”

Why is Change Hard?

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” ~ George Bernard Shaw “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” ~ Maya Angelou “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, andContinue reading “Why is Change Hard?”

Possibilities

“You’ve done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.” ~ Ralph Marston “Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.” ~ Gloria SteinemContinue reading “Possibilities”

Writer Expectations

“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.” ~ C. S. Lewis “My literature is much more the result of a paradox than than of an implacable logic,Continue reading “Writer Expectations”