Wisdom comes with time and experience....
"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions."-Oliver Wendell Holmes Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, January 20, 2004
Monday, January 19, 2004
I have been thinking a lot about faith versus fear...
...and this quote is a wonderful take on the choices we all have to make as we put one foot in front of the other day after day. "Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith."-Henry Ward Beecher Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, January 17, 2004
This was sent to me as an anonymous quote....
His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, January 16, 2004
Poetry as journal?
"Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable. Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away." Carl Sandburg Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, January 15, 2004
STUCK! A few words on writer's block...
"You don't know what it is to stay a whole day with your head in your hands trying to squeeze you unfortunate brain so as to find a word."-Gustave Flaubert My favorite fountain pen had fallen out of my purse and under the front wheel of the car when the kids and I got home last night. I am so glad I... Sign in to see full entry.