“I write about the power of trying, because I want to be okay with failing. I write about generosity because I battle selfishness. I write about joy because I know sorrow. I write about faith because I almost lost mine, and I know what it is to be broken and in need of redemption. IContinue reading “Themes for My Year”
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Trying Something New
“Be brave enough to try something new; you might just succeed.” ~ Stacey Kehoe “I want to keep trying something new all the time. It is the only way to grow.” ~ Akkineni Nagarjuna “I’m open for possibilities. I’m open for choices. I always welcome new ideas. I’m always eager to learn. I’m never goingContinue reading “Trying Something New”
Unbridled Joy
“Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain … To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices – today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.” ~ Kevyn Aucoin “Find a placeContinue reading “Unbridled Joy”
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
“Life is a series of experiences each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.” ~ Henry Ford “We all get whereContinue reading “Two Steps Forward, One Step Back”
Blessings of the Generation Gap
“We are what they grow beyond.” ~ Yoda in Star Wars: The Last Jedi “The young man pities his elder, fearing the day he, too, will join their ranks. The elderly man pities the younger generation, well-knowing the trials and tribulations that lie ahead of them.” ~ Lydia I Fisher “America isn’t breaking apart atContinue reading “Blessings of the Generation Gap”