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The next time a friend tells you about something they’re thinking of doing for the first time and you sense some hesitation on their part…like taking a class or seeing a play or going to a party or visiting a museum or trying out a new restaurant or volunteering for a cause, etc…Immediately respond withContinue reading ““I’ll Go With You.””

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” -Ben Franklin “A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan next week.” -George S. Patton “If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” -YogiContinue reading ““What’s Your Plan?””

“If you are able to act ‘without forcing,’ your life is spontaneous, a life that is so of itself, natural, not forced, and not unduly self-conscious.” -Alan Watts In the pursuit of knowledge,every day something is added.In the practice of the Tao,every day something is dropped.Less and less do you need to force things,until finallyContinue reading “Wu Wei”

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” -Philippians 4:6 “Anxiety is the overestimation of danger and the underestimation of our ability to cope.” -Fr. Mike Schmitz “Worrying is like a rocking chair; it gives you something to do, but it getsContinue reading “Concerned or Worried?”

If you want to shrink something,you must first allow it to expand.If you want to get rid of something,you must first allow it to flourish. -“Tao Te Ching” by Lao-Tzu (Stephen Mitchell translation) “Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start by somewhere. Start by getting something—anything—down on paper.”-Anne LamottContinue reading “Write, Then Excise”

I really love the below excerpt from my dear friend Robyn Cohen. Besides being an incredible human and artist, Robyn is a sensational actor and teacher. She writes in her weekly newsletter… This thing is called SHOW BUSINESS. We work in plays. How did we manage to make it sound like a prison sentence? HavingContinue reading “The Pursuit IS Happiness”

“It’s time to reclaim excellence. Excellence is less about what you do and more about how you do it. You can aspire toward excellence in any worthwhile project.If you strive to do it well, just about anything can be truly transformative.” -Brad Stulberg The reason to pursue excellence is…well…to pursue excellence. Brad Stulberg in hisContinue reading “The Pursuit Of Excellence”

In medieval and ancient philosophy, the Wheel of Fortune or Rota Fortunae is a symbol of the capricious nature of Fate. The wheel belongs to the goddess Fortuna (Greek equivalent: Tyche) who spins it at random, changing the positions of those on the wheel: some suffer great misfortune, others gain windfalls. -per Wikipedia “Thirty spokesContinue reading “Wheel Of Fortune”

“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.” -Rumi “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. AndContinue reading “One Step”

“In 1977, the science fiction writer Orson Scott Card sent a draft of his later-to-be award-winning and film-adapted Ender’s Game to the science fiction magazine Analog Science Fiction and Fact. The magazine’s editor Ben Bova wrote back to Card. In the letter, Bova said that, though he liked Ender’s Game, it needed to be cutContinue reading ““I Went Slower.””