You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt quoted by Laura Drake in The Sweet […]
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Best Way Out
Sometimes the best way out is through. ~ Bryan Bradbury, 1912-1988 Surrendered. No longer in control. I show up, work hard, do the next right thing. Fear’s still there, sometimes nabbing me so I still intend to take big bold steps […]
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I know very well that, as a writer, you should *never* compare yourself to other writers, because that way lies madness. ~ Adrian Bedford All my life I’ve surveyed the crowd though seldom interacting. No, I stood apart, in my […]
Continue reading »Wander Me
I read this morning, a simple sentence, not nearly so devious as my drifting mind created. Who – or what – could, would wander me? The printed text spoke only of a straying mind. Oh, mine has done that all […]
Continue reading »Faster Horses
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses. ~ Henry Ford Okay, God, reporting for duty. What’s your will for me today? I’d appreciate some help carrying out my part. And it would sure […]
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