“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass; it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” – Vivian Greene
You may never find that pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, but that shouldn’t keep you from looking. — Photo by Pat Bean
Stepping into the Unknown
I’m not a person who likes to give advice. I’ve made too many bad decisions in my own life to think I can mentor anyone else, particularly someone whose end goals may be 180 degrees from my own.
This refrigerator magnet is how I want to be remembered.
But the ages have taught me that if you want something in life, you should go for it. And then, if you don’t get it, you should celebrate yourself for having the guts to have gone for it.
Some things we want, like my fulfilling my dream of travel by selling my home, buying an RV and driving that first mile, only depended on me having the guts to do it.
Other things, like my dream of finding an agent and a publisher for my book, “Travels with Maggie,” depend on others – and it may never happen. So right now, I’m celebrating each rejection slip as a triumph. I’m taking that first step toward my goal – and even if I never achieve it, I’ll know it wasn’t because I didn’t try.
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Bean’s Pat: Not Yet There http://tinyurl.com/m8clwct My morning coffee and my journal and list of things to do for the day are the way I start my days. And so this poem and photo spoke to me.
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I so want that refrigerator magnet! I love the idea of traveling around the country. Just not sure how we could do it with four cats ;). And keep sending your book out. It’s one that I would love to read.
You may well get an agent. But if you don’t, the failure isn’t yours. You can only submit, you can only try. The responses of strangers are beyond your control.
Loving your post – thanks so much for the reminder to just GO FOR IT:) Happy Week!
You go, Pat! If there’s anything I’ve learned by becoming an old lady it’s that persistence and determination win. Maybe not in the ways we expect or as soon as we’d like, but they always win.