Monday, November 14, 2011

The Journey

One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you 

kept shouting their bad advice --
though the whole house began to tremble
and you felt the old tug at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do --
determined to save
the only life you could save.

Mary Oliver

Action

Nothing Comes From Doing Nothing                

William Shakespeare

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Success is ...


  1. Who you hang out with and the conversations you have
  2. The education you get
  3. The actions you take


(Courtesy Alice Haemmerle)