“We tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, depending on where you come from, your imagination can be quite limited.” ~Trevor Noah, Born A Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood Despite the craziness that was 2018, I succeeded in carving out time here and
“Poetry is like passion–it should not be merely pretty; it should overwhelm and bruise.” ― Kate Quinn, The Alice Network I’ve never been big on New Year’s Eve celebrations. First of all, the expectation that you must stay out until at least midnight just puts way too much undue pressure on me. And then there are the unwritten expectations
“We are not here to fit in, be well-balanced, or provide examples for others. We are here to be eccentric, different, perhaps strange, perhaps merely to add our small piece, our little clunky, chunky selves, to the great mosaic of being. As the gods intended, we are here to become more and more ourselves.” ~Jim
“Whether we struggle or thrive from one day to the next, whether we witness vegetables surviving the harsh winter or flourishing in the summer sunlight, growth is a constant companion to us all. Each day begins with a great sense of possibility and beckons us to do better than the day before, so it’s always
Do not compare yourself to anyone else, not even to other versions of yourself. There is no comparison to you, to this one you.” ~Andrew Hamm, Concerning Craft: To The Writer Who Is Not Writing I’ve always attempted to be one of those people who doesn’t bring work home. Sharing my day and highlights and
“That’s the problem. We let people say stuff, and they say it so much that it becomes okay to them and normal for us. What’s the point of having a voice if you’re gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn’t be?” ― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give week(s) in review what I’m reading: Dare to Lead
You can’t get to courage without rumbling with vulnerability. Embrace the suck. ~Brene Brown, Dare to Lead I have been struggling a bit at work. Like, I-spent-90-minutes-crying-in-my-boss’-office-this-week type of struggling. And, because I’m a human who is terrible at compartmentalizing, this struggling and resulting behaviors are making their way into other facets of my life.
I think baseball represents something closer to our experience. There’s no clock in baseball; it’s not over until it’s over. It’s like life in that there are prolonged periods of boredom and monotony, punctuated by intense moments of excitement and sometimes terror. ~Bennett Miller The fact that I am taking time to write at this
“The bad news is nothing lasts forever. The good news is nothing lasts forever.” ― J. Cole This weekend is punctuated by lasts. Last Rockies regular season game. Last farmers market of the season. Last day of September (which happens to be my favorite month). And, the mother of lasts — last weekend at our current
wow. the last few weeks have been filled with many reasons to celebrate. however, if I had written this post a week ago, the sentiment would have been a bit different. I was in a bit of a funk for a few days, which was kicked off with some bad news about our house and
