Once we are willing to accept that anything worth doing might even be worth doing badly, our options widen.

In recovering from our creative blocks, it is necessary to go gently and slowly... These are baby steps. Progress, not perfection, is what we should be asking of ourselves.

Procrastination is not Laziness", I tell him. "It is fear. Call it by its right name, and forgive yourself.

You are your own Promised Land, your own new frontier.

We are not accustomed to thinking that God's will for us and our own inner dreams can coincide.

Creativity occurs in the moment, and in the moment we are timeless.

I ask to be made beautiful like the trees are beautiful, each growing according to a unique plan. Lop off a limb and and the tree will accommodate it's loss, still growing and still beautiful. It is my hope to be able to flourish in a similar fashion, taking on the shape and dimensions that is intended for me.