"She made of her life an offering, a beautiful gift far greater than the sum of the heartbreaks that had come one after the other. She proved, with her life, that great love can eclipse great sorrow." --excerpt from a eulogy by Santa Cruz writer, Nancy Grace, for her mother
The Story That Must Be Told
“Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience.” --Henry David Thoreau in his journal
What I’m burning to say.
... [Continue Reading]Breaking the Rules
“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” --Katharine Hepburn
Tell me about a time you broke the rules.
... [Continue Reading]When Your World Comes to An End
"Transformation always involves the falling away of things we have relied on, and we are left with a feeling that the world as we know it is coming to an end, because it is…When we can free up our sense of needing to arrive in a certain place, we lessen the weight of being lost. And once beneath arriving and beneath our fear of failing to arrive, the real journey begins." --Mark Nepo
