HUNKERING DOWN in November, it’s a good time to reflect on the blessings we are given in this short life. It’s a time for the human spirit to supply the bounty that Nature so amply provides in the warmer months.
PLANTING FALL BULBS is a hopeful act. When you’re young, you look forward to spring, when you’ll be able to see them bloom. When you’re older, the sneaky thought crosses your mind that spring might be held without you, and you realize you only hope you’ll be there to attend the festival.
ANOTHER GREAT LINK FROM DOMINQUE BROWNING: here's a video by a free-spirited, creative pair of New Yorkers who quit their lucrative day jobs to pursue their passion, and they’re urging us all to ride passionately through life. Here’s to the joy of cycling!
Which brings me to another Jenny Holzer Truism:
fear is the greatest incapacitator
A true truism if ever there was one. We all know that, yet our fears persist – and rule our lives. Why do we let this happen? Consider this ...
Today the NY Times Magazine published readers’ responses to Dan Kois’ recent article “Lynda Barry Will Make you Believe in Yourself." One reader, who had attended one of Barry’s writing workshops, wrote she would “never forget how she talked about the critical voice inside our heads. She said that if someone walked up behind you and said the story you were writing was stupid, you wouldn’t listen to them, so why do you listen to the voice inside your head telling you that very thing?” Kois also has a starter kit of Barry books at the Times Blog. This is a woman who wants to make you see that life is worth living. In fact, it may be even more than that – you might even see that you ARE living if you’re following your passion!
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