the wisdom

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

Anatole France



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Your Secret Dream

Oh, it’s magical. I see you on your unicorn followed by a trial of sparkles and serenaded by oohs and ahhs. You make it look so easy because, well, it is easy, isn’t it. Your special thing.

Is Your Light On?

I am ten and it is late October in Waterloo, Iowa and it is the last Halloween that I know I can officially go out and trick or treat. I am at that age—next year I will just be too old…

What is More?

The Incredible Force and other childhood games.
Shove me into spectacular.

And genius—dip me in some genius.

Smack me with astonishing.

Elbow me into marvelous.

MORE.

You Are Not Alone

Sometimes when I am painting, I think my canvas may bow in the middle like a cheap swing set—a result of all of the layers of paint that are resting on it.

And the Clock Says 4am

I’ve been waking up every morning between 4-430 for the last several months and I hate it. I’m tired. There is no reason for me to be up at the crack of ass.

Passion Play

Passion is such a ruling planet in all our lives–if we allow it.
My definition of passion has changed over the years. As a teenager, passion felt like wearing someone else’s shoes—

Re-establishing the Definition of You

If your life were a movie, would the audience walk out?
Is your main character poorly played—possibly tedious? Is the story line hard to follow or, worse yet, is it just boring?

That Horse Can Run, Son

Thank God they didn’t shoot Seabiscuit.
They could have. Might have been easier. But someone wanted that horse to run so badly that they did all that extra…

Not Quite Ice But No Longer Water

There’s a soft center spot, a place where things have not fully come together, a sort of hazy Bermuda Triangle where change insists you shed something old and pick up something new.

When the Monkeys Get Out of Their Cages

I glanced through Facebook this morning and it appears that all of my friends are curing cancer, building monuments and teaching children to read. Oh.
And that doesn’t make me feel so good…about me.