Colum McCann, author of Thirteen Ways of Looking, shares some advice for the young (and not so young) writer. It is also wonderful advice for anyone who wants to live life with purpose and meaning. Colum McCann’s Letter to a Young Writer Do the things that do not compute. Be earnest. Be devoted. Be subversive of… Read More
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Sleep my little baby-oh Sleep until you waken When you wake you’ll see the world If I’m not mistaken… Kiss a lover Dance a measure Find your name And buried treasure… Face your life Its pain Its pleasure Leave no path untaken ― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book {photo: claudiot}
Life is too short for us to keep important words, for example, ‘I love you’, locked in our hearts.
Now I’m aware that I alone am in the vast
openness
of the sea
And cause the sea to be the sea.
As I get older I worry that my productive, vital years are behind me. Perhaps I only have ten more years before my body and my mind breaks down.
“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.” ― Mary Oliver
Wholly and completely, without hesitation or worry, she just let go.
Accept everything about yourself – I mean everything. You are you and that is the beginning and the end – no apologies, no regrets.
Failure is what happens when your experience doesn’t match your big, wonderful, exciting dreams.
Twinkle lights are the perfect metaphor for joy. Joy is not a constant. If come to us in moments — often ordinary moments. Sometimes we miss out on the bursts of joy because we’re too busy chasing down extraordinary moments. Other times we’re so afraid of the dark that we don’t dare let ourselves enjoy the light.
You are sexier than you think You are a work of art
You are gloriously intuitive You are heart-centred
Every time you love you transform your own life and those around you
Your mission is to be love
And if you wanted to drown, you could,
But you don’t, because finally, after all
this struggle and all these years,
you don’t want to anymore.
