“Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.” ~ Helen Keller “Every man’s work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is alwaysContinue reading “The Importance of Story”
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My Life Flows On In Endless Song
“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” ~ Wayne Dyer This morning I woke up with one of my favorite hymns in my head. “My life flows on in endless song; Above earth’s lamentation I hear the real though far off hymn That hails a new creation.Continue reading “My Life Flows On In Endless Song”
Opportunities
“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” ~ Milton Berle “Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.” ~ Napoleon Hill “Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.” ~ Betty Friedan Recently I’ve been helping my sister brainstorm ideas for a series of YouTube videos to helpContinue reading “Opportunities”
Rethinking Meandering
“Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.” ~ Phillips Brooks “I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” ~ Douglas Adams “Artistic self-indulgence is the mark of an amateur. The temptation to make scenes, to appear late, to call inContinue reading “Rethinking Meandering”
Determined Meandering
“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” ~ A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh “Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.” ~ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”Continue reading “Determined Meandering”