The older I get, the more I notice beauty – of stars and moon against the sky and the less panicky I am on sleepless nights. The fewer easy answers I have – the hungrier I am for connections to others. The less I know – the more I wonder about things and the kinder I am with weakness. The more honest I am with myself, the more I can understand children’s simple...
Firestarter Archive
Taking More Time to Love Life
Kindness
Inspiration... Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things…feel the future dissolve in a moment. What you held in your hand, what you counted and carefully saved – all this must go so you know how desolate the landscape can be between the regions of kindness….how you ride and ride thinking the bus will never stop - the passengers will stare...
Attitude
Katherine Greiner...super cool attitude. The longer I live – the more I realize the importance of attitude on one’s life. It seems more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people say or do…more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. Attitude can make or break...
Life is Living the Moments
Life can be like washing the dishes. If you focus on getting the dishes done so that your kitchen will be clean, you miss everything that happens between dirty and clean…the warmth of the water, the pop of the bubbles, the movement of your hands. You miss the life that happens in the middle zone – between your life and what you think your life should be like. When...
One Brick at a Time…
Recognize yourself as a force to be reckoned with. Don’t let the little things tie you down. Keep the wider perspective in your view. Be realistic about the problems you can tackle and be content with your decisions. There is real happiness to be gained from being able to distinguish between things that cannot be changed and things that should be changed! Don’t...
