Terri Windling's Blog, page 240

Tune for a Monday Morning

"Human Thing": a thoroughly lovely song and animation from The Be Good Tanyas, three women musicians from Vancouver, Canada. And thank you everyone for your kind comments in the last week. It's good to be back, and although we've got some family matters that are going to be pre-occupying us for a while to come, nonetheless life and art must go on....

Here's today's quote, a piece of practical advice that I have found very useful over the years:

"Don't duck the most difficult problems. That just ensures that the hardest part will be left when you are most tired. Get the big one done - it's downhill from then on."  -- Norman Vincent Peale

Under the Rowan Tree

"To change one's life:  1. Start immediately.   2. Do it flamboyantly.   3. No exceptions."

- William James

"To change one's life: 1. Start immediately.&nb...

"To change one's life:  1. Start immediately.   2. Do it flamboyantly.   3. No exceptions."

- William James

Crossing the Moor

"We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery."
- Samuel Smiles

"We learn wisdom from failure much more than from su...

"We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery."
- Samuel Smiles

Magic in the Lanes

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
  - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny m...

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
  - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tilly at the Style

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."
   - Martin Luther King

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see th...

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."
   - Martin Luther King

Clouds Over a Devon Field

I'm in the middle of dealing with some time-consuming personal matters, so I'll be posting just photos (and favorite quotes) until I can return to this blog properly. Here is today's quote:

"We rely upon the poets, the philosophers, and the playwrights to articulate what most of us can only feel, in joy and sorrow. They illuminate the thoughts for which we only grope; they give us the strength and balm we cannot find in ourselves. Whenever I feel my courage wavering I rush to them. They will give me the wisdom of acceptance, the will and resilience to push on."  - Helen Hayes

So true.