Tag: inspiration

  • Did someone order a pep talk?

    I found more advice, in line with a comment left by Holly Jahangiri on yesterday’s post. This time, artist/writer/musician Summer Pierre serves up motivational, inspirational words of wisdom that pierce me straight through the heart. (Found via Girl at Play.) Yesterday I sat with a friend who is a gifted writer, but isn’t writing and…

  • (quote)

    From Paulo Coelh0’s newsletter “Warrior of Light”: The common man worries too much about loving others, or being loved by them. A warrior knows what he wants – that is all in his life and that is where he concentrates all his energy. The common man spends the present acting as winner or loser, and depending…

  • Some days the evil wolf gets fed

    (Hint: read the poster.)

  • The four obstacles

    I just finished reading The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (in English, not the original Portuguese). I had a hard time getting into its style, which some people compare to that of Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince, but I think the big difference is… about 180 pages. You can get away with being crisp (in terms of…

  • The wisdom of Gwen Stefani

    Sometimes it’s so hard to find what it is I’m trying to say. People might think you can turn creativity on and off, but it’s not like that. It just kinda comes out. A mash-up of all these things you collect in your mind. You never know when it’s going to happen, but when it…