These moments of solitude are necessary, and indeed are the nourishment my mind requires for peace, for sanity. For all my complaints about the necessity of being engaged in other work to earn a living, I recognize the necessity for that as well. Left alone, too often I stagnate and stink and ...
Celebrate you.
Not just the achievements.
Nor merely the survivals.
But the calm and the mundane as well.
For it is the canvas holding you
the space upon which you are (being) painted.
When you focus your attention relentlessly on a future that hasn't been lived yet, you are turning an indifferent critical back on your current needs. There is nothing more satisfying than paying attention to the feeling that is holding an inner conversation with us right now. For that, we ...
When your heart aches with worry, remember through the flames, you survived. Through the heartache and the fear, you survived. Through the bitterness and the soul searching, you survived.
Trust that you can handle what life sends you. Don’t worry incessantly that if you open your life up again -- if you send out your manuscript or offer your heart -- that you will be shattered if your gifts aren’t openly or enthusiastically received. Life asks us to take risks so we will grow. ...