I added a bunch of new quotes to the quote box including a handful about commitment and this one:
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If we ever reach the point where we think we thoroughly understand who we are and where we came from, we will have failed. — Carl Sagan
From the “Feel Good Music” playlist, my version by Silly Wizard
If I Was A Blackbird
I am a young sailor, my story is sad
Though once I was carefree and a brave sailor lad
I courted a lassie by night and by day
Ah, but now she has left me and sailed far awayOh, if I was a blackbird, could whistle and sing
I’d follow the vessel my true love sails in
And in the top rigging, I would there build my nest
And I’d flutter my wings over her lily-white breast Continue reading →
A bit of Chopin (Rubenstein), a keyboard and Thou, NaNoWriMo, singing against the winds of November.
Work the metaphor. Every object has the capacity to stand for something other than what is apparent. Work on what it stands for. — Bruce Mau
There is no substitute for hard work.
