Archive for the 'One Thousand Gifts' Category

Some of the Best Byproducts of Writing

  “How often it is difficult for most of us to give solitude any sort of priority in the kind of life that we live today. How we avoid it; how we are frightened of being alone; how easy it is never to let it happen; there is always something or someone to fill the void, even if it is
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How to Value Your Story to Write The Honest Truth

When you’ve decided you’re going to write your story, you need to know it’s the most important thing you could be doing. But unless you value it highly, this can be the most debilitating obstacle. For such a long time, I felt my story wasn’t important. Who wanted to read mine? I didn’t know who my story had made me. It’d been
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Healing In the Simplicity of Your Story

“Writing is prayer.” – Franz Kafka In today’s world with ever-more distracting, inane and attention-grabbing information, it can be particularly challenging for new storytellers to overcome the fear that their story is too simple and uninteresting.         We’re the worst judges of our own stories. Despite that and the fact that sharing your story honestly and with vulnerability
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And I’m Grateful…

Editing. Again. And sorry again for how long it takes to edit a book. Loving is such hard work. I’m reminded again how we always say love is active, not passive. But now I see that patience may be the most active part. And how long has it taken me to learn that? And can I become patient enough to receive it?
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A Life Worth Sharing

You can’t stop the raging storm, but singing can change the hearts and spirits of the people who are together on that ship. – Anne Lamott I suppose this is my song for today… So we chose the house 4 years ago largely for its amazing backyard. I envisioned writing retreats where we’d sit out on the deck and talk
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