You are deserving of love

Sandra Bullock said this tonight in her Oscar acceptance speech for Best Actress:

"There is no race, no religion, no class system, no color, nothing, no sexual orientation that makes us better than anyone else — we're all deserving of love."

 I'm going to try and remember this tomorrow.

-Andrea

Seeking portals...

"Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls."  - Joseph Campbell

This was a little nugget I saw re-tweeted on Twitter (would that be a Tweepeat?)  I looked up Joseph Campbell on the interwebs and found another quote by him that was even better.

"The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are."

I don't know about you, but for me, that was el fantastico.

-Andrea

Metaphorical Disasters

For it's not the light that is needed, but fire; it's not the gentle shower, but thunder.  We need the storm, the whirlwind and the earthquake in our hearts.  -Frederick Douglass 

I'm not sure where I found this quote - maybe in the pile of Franklin Covey daily calendar sheets I kept for a couple of years simply for the quotes.*   This was one of the keepers, and I wrote it down on a sticky note that followed me through a series of work transitions.  I initially found it appealing because some of those work transitions were particularly trying, and I was trying to convince myself that immersed into the thick of the mess was right where I wanted to be.  It didn't matter that I was starting to drown.  It was a challenge, and if there's one thing I know I'm a sucker for, it's the dare of a good challenge.  The fun part to noodle on is differentiating between when it has been a weakness rather than a strength.  I have an idea where the answer is for me, but I'm going to ponder it a bit more.

*Side note, the only useful part of the Franklin Covey system for me was the daily quotes.   My brain simply doesn't organize itself into hourly, daily and weekly buckets.  Apparently I am far too rebellious for (or far too bored by?) that kind of self-organization system.

-Andrea

Seeking value in narrative...

"The story of your life is not your life.  It is your story." - John Barth, American novelist