Did NOT mean to ignore the blog for a week, but been preparing for a week long book signing tour. (So, guess I'll be ignoring this for another week!)
I recently realized that the only consistency in my life is chaos - and I'm sorta happy with that!
One of the most unpredictable forces in nature is people. This drives some people nuts. They rather hide and not deal with people. I love it. It's like a character study. People are just so incredibly facinating and every person who crosses my path is a potential friend in my eyes.
It's the interaction with people that makes us who we are and gives meaning to our lives.
With all of the people whom I will come in contact, this coming week promises to be one I live to the fullest!
Nothing in life stagnates - you're either growing or dying.
Monday, September 26, 2005
Monday, September 19, 2005
Choosing to be inspired
Had a little challenge with writing this year.
Not because I've got writer's block. I've never had that. But rather, a little lack of inspiration and a tad too much pressure.
Book I took eight months to complete.
Book II only six months.
Book III should have been the hint when it required a whole year to finish. With promotions going on for the first book, I no longer had the free time I'd enjoyed before.
But it took until Book IV to realize - I simply could not get it done in the same time frame as the first two. I was pressuring myself to keep the same pace with everything, and it just wasn't going to happen!
The result - forced writing is very slow!
Now that I've relaxed, knowing the third is ready and I still have lots of time to do the fourth, inspiration has hit.
And the story is unfolding faster than I can write it down!
Have-to's put you in a position of pressure, whereas choose-to's put you in a position of power.
- from "The Power of Focus"
Not because I've got writer's block. I've never had that. But rather, a little lack of inspiration and a tad too much pressure.
Book I took eight months to complete.
Book II only six months.
Book III should have been the hint when it required a whole year to finish. With promotions going on for the first book, I no longer had the free time I'd enjoyed before.
But it took until Book IV to realize - I simply could not get it done in the same time frame as the first two. I was pressuring myself to keep the same pace with everything, and it just wasn't going to happen!
The result - forced writing is very slow!
Now that I've relaxed, knowing the third is ready and I still have lots of time to do the fourth, inspiration has hit.
And the story is unfolding faster than I can write it down!
Have-to's put you in a position of pressure, whereas choose-to's put you in a position of power.
- from "The Power of Focus"
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Struggles
There's a book by Robert H. Schuller called "Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do". It's got some really good stuff in it for times of struggle:
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.
I do believe I have than one down to a science!
Decision-making is easy if there are no contradictions in your value system.
I try to adhere to my morals and remind myself why I do what I do - to affect as many lives in a positive way as humanly possible!
The one battle most people lose is the battle over the fear of failure ... try ... start ... begin ... and you'll be assured you won the first round.
I guess that's the good thing about being innocently naive - I'll try anything once!
When faced with a mountain, I will not quit! I will keep on striving until I climb over, find a pass through, tunnel underneath - or simply stay and turn the mountain into a gold min, with God's help!
Went through the Cascade Range - I'm working on the Rockies right now. Run into enough road blocks and you'll get pretty darn creative how you get around them, too!
There will never be another me - I'll make the most of myself.
Some people might say that's a good thing!
But I am proud to be unique and growing & changing every day.
Take care? People who take care never go anywhere. Take a chance! Take charge. Take control!
It's never the poor decisions - it's the opportunities not taken that one regrets.
I want no regrets in my life.
I am willing to take any chance.
And I'll end with -
It's impossible to fail totally if you dare to try.
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.
I do believe I have than one down to a science!
Decision-making is easy if there are no contradictions in your value system.
I try to adhere to my morals and remind myself why I do what I do - to affect as many lives in a positive way as humanly possible!
The one battle most people lose is the battle over the fear of failure ... try ... start ... begin ... and you'll be assured you won the first round.
I guess that's the good thing about being innocently naive - I'll try anything once!
When faced with a mountain, I will not quit! I will keep on striving until I climb over, find a pass through, tunnel underneath - or simply stay and turn the mountain into a gold min, with God's help!
Went through the Cascade Range - I'm working on the Rockies right now. Run into enough road blocks and you'll get pretty darn creative how you get around them, too!
There will never be another me - I'll make the most of myself.
Some people might say that's a good thing!
But I am proud to be unique and growing & changing every day.
Take care? People who take care never go anywhere. Take a chance! Take charge. Take control!
It's never the poor decisions - it's the opportunities not taken that one regrets.
I want no regrets in my life.
I am willing to take any chance.
And I'll end with -
It's impossible to fail totally if you dare to try.
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Same planet, different worlds
Just a few things Mars & Venus need to know!
The average male uses 12,000 words a day, most of which are spent relating to people while on the job.
The average female uses 25,000 words.
Hmmmmm.....
Men process information internally, women process out loud through discussion, resolving issues as they converse.
Remember guys - she's not looking for a solution from YOU!
Women feel unloved when their emotional needs aren't being met and men feel unloved when their physical needs are not met.
Don't need to add to that one!
When other areas of a woman's life are in sync, sex is really good.
When a man is involved in a loving relationship, his chances for being healthy & having a strong immune system increase.
Love is really good all the way around!
taken from Gary Smalley's "Connecting With Your Husband/Wife" series
The average male uses 12,000 words a day, most of which are spent relating to people while on the job.
The average female uses 25,000 words.
Hmmmmm.....
Men process information internally, women process out loud through discussion, resolving issues as they converse.
Remember guys - she's not looking for a solution from YOU!
Women feel unloved when their emotional needs aren't being met and men feel unloved when their physical needs are not met.
Don't need to add to that one!
When other areas of a woman's life are in sync, sex is really good.
When a man is involved in a loving relationship, his chances for being healthy & having a strong immune system increase.
Love is really good all the way around!
taken from Gary Smalley's "Connecting With Your Husband/Wife" series
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