Tag: life lessons
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It’s Been a While… Again
Yes, it has. A few weeks this time. Let’s just say, that it has been a weird struggle for me these last few weeks, taking me much too long to get over whatever this latest problem was — this latest drought of productivity in writing. This latest bout with that demon called writer’s block (also…
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Why Not Now?
This is a question that I must start asking myself: why not now? In this world where we all believe that we must reach some arbitrary point, hit some milestone, gain some of whatever before we can do what it is we want, what is it that is really stopping us? Fear. Anxiety. Procrastination. Distraction.…
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What Is Important?
There is an uncomfortable truth that many of us are confronted with when speaking about our dreams or desires: it is that what is important is what we spend our time doing. Taken another way, it means that if you aren’t taking the time to commit to actions around a dream or desire, then it…
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Words to Ponder #10
“Ever tried. Ever failed. matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” Samuel Beckett This happens to be one of my favorite quotes, and one that I have a lot of trouble actually following. Failure is such a scary thing, even when it has little in the way of down-sides. We don’t like failing, and often…
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Words to Ponder #9
The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe. For the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them. Turkish Proverb I am not 100% certain if this is a true proverb from Turkey or if the verbiage is exact,…
Jeremy C Kester 