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Quote #1 on my bulletin board, right over my computer, plus a bonus quote.<\/p><\/div>\n

Like a lot of writers, I collect quotes. Quotes that inspire, quotes that gently nudge, quotes that make me smile.<\/p>\n

1. \u201cBe brave enough to live life creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. You can\u2019t get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you\u2019re doing. What you\u2019ll discover will be wonderful. What you\u2019ll discover will be yourself.\u201d<\/font> ~ Alan Alda in a note to his daughter<\/p>\n

This one is pasted to the bulletin board right above my computer. It\u2019s hard to be brave sometimes, when we get a rejection, or aren\u2019t accepted to a residency, or get a bad review. Without bravery, nothing would ever get done, not writing, not breakthroughs in medicine, not new products to make our lives easier. Be brave.<\/p>\n

2. Nineteenth-century poet and author George MacDonald cautioned, \u201cWork is not always required. There is such a thing as a sacred idleness, the cultivation of which is now fearfully neglected.\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

This one is also pinned to my bulletin board. Some might counter with the old adage, \u201cidle hands are the devil\u2019s workshop\u201d, but I say old George got it right. I know I feel guilty if I\u2019m not doing something every second of every day. But without some idleness, without a chance to re-charge, without rest, I can\u2019t hear the \u201cstill, small voice\u201d. I can\u2019t observe. I can\u2019t enjoy. I don\u2019t let my sub-conscious do its work. It\u2019s usually when I walk away from a problem that I finally find the solution. Walk away. Rest.<\/p>\n

3. \u201cLittle Havana is done with neverland.\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

I have no idea what that means. I saw it written on a bathroom stall years ago, and for some reason it struck a chord. I wrote it on a scrap of paper, and to this day, it hangs on my bulletin board. Maybe someday I\u2019ll understand.<\/p>\n

What quotes inspire you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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