Category: Quotes

Are you aware quotes are dangerous?

Quote about regret
Photo: captured from a friend’s Facebook feed.

 

Anyone ever said to you, “Watch out, quotes are dangerous”?

No, right?

Same here.

And then yesterday, an epiphany.

The reason quotes are dangerous is that they postpone action.

Quotes makes us feel good. Inspired even.

And this inspirational feel-good feeling masks the pain of not moving forward with our dream.

Quotes are intended to be a call to action, but we spend a lifetime squandering our efforts in exchange for short term pleasure – a pressure release so to speak from all our fear and self-doubt.

Magic happened when i began thinking for myself, and stopped using quotes as a shot of whiskey to dull the anxiety of my unlived dreams.

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We become codependent on quotes don’t we?

Adult and child rocking chairs on front porch
On yesterday’s run through Windermere, Florida.

 

We become codependent on quotes don’t we?

What this means is that if we asked ourselves do we feel confident enough to have and share original thoughts – clear, concise and compelling thought – would we default to that?

You’re yelling so loudly, i can’t hear what you say.

Or would we doubt ourselves and never make it to first base?

The glorious part of igniting a midlife celebration is nurturing our self-confidence. And when we rely on our own voice, not someone else’s, to inspire us, we have tasted an uncommon freedom.

PS. Often, yelling isn’t words, it’s our actions (or inaction) that clearly speak.

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Leonard Bernstein and jeff noel are all up in there

Orlando palm trees
All up in there… palm trees, gentle breeze and a beautiful sunrise, and wisdom

 

To accomplish great things, you need a plan and not quite enough time. – Leonard Bernstein

The tragedy of life is not death, it’s being afraid to be ourselves. – jeff noel

The tragedy of life is not fear, it’s in learning to be comfortable with conformity. – jeff noel

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Midlife and the art of doing the impossible

Seth Godin excerpt about making art
Making art hurts because it’s scary when it’s done in ways that aren’t normal

 

Thank you Donna Flanagin for sharing this…

Have seen the final sentence as a famous quote, but never in the whole context presented here:

Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing. (unsure of source)

Aloha.

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