We can spend way too much time strategizing a move when there is no wrong move, just a chance to engage, gain experience, a sense of direction, and a close-up of our options. … More
Dear Friends …
A fellow-author sent a message asking if I had a publisher for my next book yet. I don’t. And while I jogged this morning, I realized how grateful I am that I do have an agent. And I reminded myself that I was happy to have such a fine agent–whether he ever sells the book or not.
Sometimes we forget that our satisfaction is not based on the outcome. I worked hard at getting an agent. With each of my earlier books, I secured a publisher more readily than an agent. Agents don’t get paid, unless they sell your book; and unless they sell it to a major publishing house, they may not get paid enough to compensate them for their time.
Anyway, I’m grateful … to be writing, to have an agent, and to experience the incredible therapy that I do while writing. But mostly, I am grateful that I’m living my truth, without being attached to the outcome. Therein lies my deep-down peace.
Life is way cool … and it offers a whole world of reasons to be content, happy, and grateful. But it was in realizing my disappointment in NOT having a publisher that I was reminded of my gratitude for an agent.… More
Naked YOU …
To know that you are unconditionally loved, you must be unconditionally YOU. … More
The truth is the truth … even before it is revealed
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When we surrender to love, the only thing we give up is fear …
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He loves me, he loves me not …
I love him? I love him not? You know the truth. Don’t be afraid of it.
We’ve all felt the torment of, “He loves me, he loves me not.” Sometimes we get so caught up in that refrain that we fail to objectively consider our own feelings. Your love and desire aren’t contingent on his (or hers). And it’s much easier to know what’s in your heart than it is to know what’s in somebody else’s. Even when we’re torn from one moment to the next, the answer is there. Sometimes we just don’t want to see the answer that’s spelled out in front of us.
If you’re struggling to decide — to date or not to date, to break-up or not, to get married or not — try the following:
~ Ask YOURSELF the question. Don’t get sidetracked trying to second guess what somebody else thinks or wants, and don’t take the easy way out by making somebody else responsible for choosing. Remember that it takes two, though.
~ Ask what you want to do — not what you should do.
~ Ask how you would counsel a friend struggling to answer the question. This allows you to stand back and be objective.… More
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