“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” ~ Oscar Wilde “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ~ Albert Einstein “Only I can change my life. No oneContinue reading “Life’s Journey”
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Shakespeare for Any Situation
“There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.” ~ William Shakespeare “I have good reason to be content, for thank God I can read and perhaps understand Shakespeare to his depths.” ~ John Keats “But what if Shakespeare – and Hamlet – were asking the wrong question? What if the realContinue reading “Shakespeare for Any Situation”
Season of Appreciation
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” ~ Albert Camus “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” ~ Albert Einstein “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” ~ John Muir Today is Veteran’s Day in the United States. It’s a commemoration IContinue reading “Season of Appreciation”
Reading, Writing, and Belonging
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” ~ Benjamin Franklin “Humans aren’t as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals on Earth. So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how differentContinue reading “Reading, Writing, and Belonging”
I’m in a Critique Group. Now What?
“If you’re going to say what you want to say, you’re going to hear what you don’t want to hear.” ~ Roberto Bolaño, The Insufferable Gaucho “People will react to you as a result of their own mindset, rather than as a reflection of your worth. Most people use others as mirrors for their ownContinue reading “I’m in a Critique Group. Now What?”