Inspirational Short Story, Female Fantasy Art, Relaxing Music

Finish each day and be done with it.

Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Two of the most useless phrases in the English language are "what if" and "if only."

We waste so much time and energy thinking about what we might have done and wishing we had acted or reacted differently.

We imagine how things might have turned out "if only . . ."

All of us make mistakes.

To go back and wonder and wish about our yesterdays prevents us from living fully today.

Each day is a fresh chance; a new beginning.

We can only squeeze what we can out of the moment,

and let the drops fall where they may.

Some will evaporate and some will form rainbows. Can I forget about yesterday and start a fresh new day?

Thoughts, rest your wings.

Here is a hollow of silence, a nest of stillness,

in which to hatch your dreams.

-- Joan Walsh Anglund

There is silence in the nest before an egg is hatched.

The mother robin must sit quietly and warm them enough to be hatched.

During this time, the mother concentrates only on her eggs.

She does not let herself be distracted.

There is a time of silence before anything creative is born.

And there is silence in the mind before an idea is discovered.

A nest is a safe place birds can always return to and be at home.

We all need such a nest of silence -- a place where we can be quiet and safe, where we can let ourselves be held, and rest.

Often, our best ideas come out of these quiet moments.

Times of silence are good for our souls.

Just like the robin eggs hatching, so will dreams and solutions grow out of our own nest of stillness.

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12/20/2024

Some of the lines, bars & banners by vikimouse at The New Mousepad (dead link 2009)