"You must remember that your story matters. What you write has the power to save a life, sometimes that life is your own." - Stalina Goodwin, Make It Write! Put Your Pain To Work Writing Journal. Thomas Jefferson kept a diary of his garden, which is known as his
"Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism." - unknown. There is a museum in Newfoundland that contains a hand-
"I myself am entirely made of flaws, stitched together with good intentions." - unknown. I am one of those people who likes to judge others based on their actions. "No matter what anyone says, no matter the excuse or explanation, whatever a person does in the end is
"Don't use your energy to worry. Use your energy to believe, trust, create, grow, and heal." - unknown. What is worry, why do we do it, and how can we stop? I am a chronic worrywart, and there have been many periods in my life when obsessive
"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow." - Anthony J. D'Angelo. Finding purpose in life usually requires setting goals that move you towards what truly matters. This often requires that you learn something new. The lovely thing about learning is
"You were the hardest lesson I ever had to learn." - unknown. In honor of my most hated holiday, I am doing something different. This post is lengthy and consists entirely of quotes that are not from me. Valentine's Day- a celebration of love, devotion, attraction, and
"There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow." - Orison Swett Marden. Tomorrow is usually a beautiful thing, a new day, a fresh start. What happens, though, when tomorrow is dreaded? When the thought of living one
"When deeds speak, words are nothing." - African Proverb. How do the people around us know that we love them? Most would say that you tell them. But some will say those three words every day, and every day, they will have the same meaning- nothing. While they are
"I hate the feeling when you really don't have any emotion. You feel so empty. You're not happy, you're not sad. You're nothing. When your mind is spinning, but you can't feel anything." - unknown. I was staring at
"Life's greatest freedom is having nothing to prove." - unknown. The Merriam-Webster definition of freedom is- the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. Freedom is a human right that everyone says they want and some have fought
I read this on Pinterest the other day: "One day, your child will sit across from someone and explain to them what it was like to be raised by you. Make sure it's a story worth telling." - unknown, and I thought about the mistakes that I
"Go into yourself and see how deep the place is from which your life flows." - Rainer Maria Rilke. I did it! I have written one post a week for an entire year (which was a test I set up for myself to see if I would ever find