Journal Entry # 122 – Plant Those Trees

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Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.  – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Am I Write? # 2 – Never Doubt Yourself

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“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” – Sylvia Plath

Am I Write? # 1 – Let It Flow

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“But when people say, Did you always want to be a writer?, I have to say no! I always was a writer.” – Ursula Le Guin

Journal Entry # 121 – Be Yourself

silhouette photography of group of people jumping during golden timeTo be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Lonely Heart

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It barely even beats.
Doesn’t matter though, now.

Given this heart…
only to stare at strangers,
thinking that for a life’s blink,
that stranger could have been you.

I tired of being wrong.

 

Journal Entry # 119 – If I Think It, It Will Come!

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You fail only if you stop writing. – Ray Bradbury

Journal Entry # 118 – Laughter is Medicine

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A day without laughter is a day wasted. – Charlie Chaplin

Journal Entry # 118 – The Depth of Love

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The depth of the love of parents for their children cannot be measured. It is like no other relationship. It exceeds concern for life itself. The love of a parent for a child is continuous and transcends heartbreak and disappointment.  – James E. Faust

Journal Entry # 117 – Go-Ahead, Smile!

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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. – Thich Nhat Hanh

Journal Entry # 116 – Are You Grateful?

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If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more.  – Roy T. Bennett