What we forget......

When my daughter was seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college – my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared at me, incredulous, and said, "You mean they forget?

— Howard Ikemoto (artist and art professor)

Bliss....

… if you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in your field of bliss, and they open doors to you. I say, follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be.

— Joseph Campbell

Commitment....

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, the providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way.”

William Hutchinson Murray

I needed to share and save these words.....

Tres tipos de idealistas, y ninguno de ellos:

Porque yo amo infinitamente lo finito,
Porque yo deseo imposiblemente lo posible,
Porque yo quiero todo, o un poco más, si puede ser,
O hasta si no puede ser…

— Fernando Pessoa

Quitting the rat race....

"Snub your destiny. I have taught myself to resist running to keep on schedule. This may seem a very small piece of advice, but it registered. In refusing to run to catch trains, I have felt the true value of elegance and aesthetics in behavior, a sense of being in control of my time, my schedule, and my life. Missing a train is only painful if you run after it!. Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that's what you are seeking."

-The Black Swan

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A new form of courage....

" These challenging times call for a new form of courage. What is required is not physical stamina, brazen military might, or facing the enemy head on, but rather a new form of boldness, one that is even more demanding because we are asked to give up physical manipulation and control and surrender to the unseen forces asking for our attention. The invisible wants to be more visible in the world we inhabit. Our place in the cosmos is central because we possess within ourselves the encoded mysteries of matter, spirit, and mind. We are vessels for spirit and soul. Through our actions they become manifest in the world."

- Gail Thomas, Healing Pandora

To forgive....

Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.

Lewis B. Smedes