Comments for Pursuing Our Passion

Comment on An Overdue Thank You To The Most Important Man In My Life by Bridge

Bridge — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:59:48 +0000

Love this post!

Comment on My Biggest Source Of Inspiration This Week by Stacie Brunner

Stacie Brunner — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:50:27 +0000

Hi there! Just came across your blog – and I’m glad I did.. so much of my motivation & inspiration comes directly from quotes I come across here & there.. there is something about reading words such as these.. from someone that’s been there.. that’s achieved things that others might have thought impossible.. that’s lived their life the way that I hope to always live mine.

A poem that strikes a similar chord with me is The Summer Day by Mary Oliver

Who made the world?
Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean-
the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down-
who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.
Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.
Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.
I don’t know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?

Thanks for the inspiration!

Comment on Life Is Like A Sun Shower by Pursuing Our Passion

Pursuing Our Passion — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:16:51 +0000

Thank you, Susan! I really like your mentality and how you put things into perspective. That’s great advice. And I appreciate the positive reinforcement on my writing more than you know!

Comment on Life Is Like A Sun Shower by Susan

Susan — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:28:50 +0000

Very well said! I like the sun shower metaphor. When I feel bogged down by different things that worry me (especially trivial things that I should let go!), I ask myself, “Will you still be thinking about this particular thing next month, or even next week?” The majority of the time the answer is ‘No’, and it helps me to put things in perspective and move on to something else.

p.s. I’ve seen your work, and I know you’re a talented writer.

Comment on Two Years, 731 Lessons by Pursuing Our Passion

Pursuing Our Passion — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:55:11 +0000

Thank you for the inspiration and support, Carol!

Comment on Two Years, 731 Lessons by Pursuing Our Passion

Pursuing Our Passion — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:54:44 +0000

You rock, Lara! Thank you so much for the sweet comment (and sorry for the delay in response)!

Comment on Two Years, 731 Lessons by Pursuing Our Passion

Pursuing Our Passion — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:53:45 +0000

Thank you, Matt! (And apologies for the delay in response.) We definitely do need to catch up more soon and, as always, appreciate your support!

Comment on Two Years, 731 Lessons by Carol Gibson-Miller

Carol Gibson-Miller — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:06:07 +0000

I don’t comment often, but this one is near and dear to my heart right now. I have spent my whole life trying to be everything to everyone and have realized that no one wins with that strategy. I learned early in my childhood, and have carried it through the first 50 years of my life, the facade of thinking I am responsible to please everyone. I am now using strategies that don’t burn bridges with others, but am being intentional about doing what I do really well and leave all the pleasing of others behind. Today I am on a clearer path then ever before and I am learning how to manage the fear that comes with trying a new path. Thanks for all the encouragement!

Comment on Two Years, 731 Lessons by Lara DiPaola

Lara DiPaola — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:32:36 +0000

You forgot to mention that you have INSPIRED! The value and impact of that go beyond measure. I count myself lucky to have been on the receiving end. Happy Birth-of-a-great-idea Day.

Comment on Two Years, 731 Lessons by Matt Cheuvront

Matt Cheuvront — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:29:56 +0000

It’s been a pleasure to be on this journey alongside you both. If there’s one lesson I’ve learned above all others, it’s the one you highlighted and quoted me on here – it’s that you cannot be everything to everyone – it feels like you can sometimes, it’s easy to get caught up in the facade of feeling invincible. But nobody is – it’s a direct path to burnout – and now that I’ve learned that lesson, it’s opened up the door the a whole world of opportunities – the RIGHT ones.

PS We REALLY need to catch up soon. Cheers!