Here is a phrase I’ve heard some lately: “If I don’t laugh, I might cry.” Laughing is good. Or dancing! The God Who Only Knows Four Words by Hafiz, as translated by Daniel Ladinsky in The Gift: Poems by Hafiz the Great Sufi Master Every Child Has known God. Not the God of names, Not the […]
Anything we put on our feet to walk around can be considered exercise wear. I’m going to put on my exercise slippers and walk to the fridge and think about that.
Wet weather is a wonderful part of vacation life too. There are few sounds more soothing than rain on a roof.
Best not to cling to plans in this COVID time, am I right? It has forced even the most wary of us out of any routines we might have been sticking to. I’m trying to grow with that flow. All of this feels important and life-changing.
“Hasten slowly and you will soon reach your destination.” How can we hasten slowly? Isn’t that an oxymoron? And yet we do. All the good stuff in life comes out of hastening . . . slowly.
Interesting question about who is helping me to grow. Have to give that a bit of thought. Complete strangers to me, except for meeting on WP, help. My daughter helps. Other than that, not too many other influences at the moment. My own self reflection helps :-0
I would say that self-reflection is essential. Writing is part of that. For me it’s family, friends, church, work, volunteer work.
Writing definitely fits in there. Happy you have such a good support group 🙂
What a fantastic blog post, including the gnarly tree roots photo. 😀
One of my favorite college presidents told the faculty years ago: “You are not making enough mistakes; mistakes help you grow!” I hated to see him go; his replacement had a different mindset, very destructive.
One of my biggest motivations has been “My friend can do it,” a line I see on the chart. That mindset has helped me pursue a graduate degree and later, beginning blogging.
To answer your question: My writing group is helping me grow!
Oh yes, I have a couple of writing groups too. Wonderfully motivating and supportive. I have been reading a little bit of your book every morning. It’s my current “inspirational morning reading” book. You are wonderful writer, so I’m really glad that your friends inspired you to blog and write.
I love the chart with the negative and growth wording comparison. I think my favorite is the one where “I give up” can instead thought of as “I’ll try a different strategy.”
It reminds me of the quote about the insanity of expecting different results when doing the same thing over and over again. Sometimes it’s necessary to forge a different path.