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Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

Marge Piercy



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How To Accelerate Hindsight

I have a spot reserved in my heart for the small voice that speaks at the exact moment the yammering crowd silences –when the noise parts and the small voice says the thing everyone is to afraid to say—and usually the last thing I want to admit.
Finally.
Sort of.

You Are Your Actions

Drowning and Swimming – both involve water and splashing about but, of course, you’d never confuse the two. You may think that’s a ridiculous statement but reflect a moment: there are choices you make, things you decide to do that make you sink like a stone in life yet you tell yourself that they represent forward motion.

Punch Above Your Weight

by Jill MacGregor

The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.

~Vince Lombardi

Misspent Youth

I have found myself running into the girl I used to be lately. You may think that must mean some carefree version of myself, untethered by serious adult themes but that would not be the case.
I’ve definitely gotten younger as I’ve gotten older.

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.

Pitch Perfect Perspective

There are points in your life when you want things to be different and you feel like you don’t get much say in the matter. The all consuming desire for that which eludes you…

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.

Taking Down Those Fences

You are a puzzle, my friend, a fascinating puzzle. You are one surprise after another, just like those crazy Russian nesting dolls. You’ve been clever and intricate with how you’ve bound up that heart of yours.

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—