We fear our highest possibilities
“We fear our highest possibilities. We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments, under conditions of great courage. We enjoy and even thrill to godlike...
View ArticleSometimes we need a story more than food
“The stories people tell have a way of taking care of them. If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to...
View ArticleBad neighborhood
“My mind remains a bad neighborhood that I try not to go into alone.” Anne Lamott, Salon Magazine, March 1997
View ArticleOur shining souls
Many of you have sent e-mails telling me that in reading stories and poems or watching videos on Catching Courage, you hear whispers from your own souls. Those e-mails mean a lot to me. This crazy life...
View ArticleRe-visioning our stories
My thanks to Tess Healy for this quote, which comes from a book by Laurel Richardson. The story of a life is less than the actual life, because the story told is selective, partial, contextually...
View ArticleJust in time
[This is from the May 14, 2010, blog of Steve Goodier, Life Support System. It's a wonderful blog, and Steve is a master at finding stories that inspire. You can subscribe to Life Support System to...
View ArticleThe only good teachers
In 1938 Barbara Ueland published what I still regard as the best book of advice for anyone feeling hesitant about or needing encouragement to pursue their dreams. If You Want to Write: A Book about...
View ArticleOld nonsense
This has been a good day – walking to Urban Harvest for the week’s supply of fruits and vegetables, doing a bit of work on a contract and some writing, walking and talking with a friend who’s moving...
View ArticleTread softly on my dreams
Dreams are fragile things. This poem makes me think of the many dreams people have shared with me over the years, and I with them. Inner doubts and naysayers can so easily crush them. They are the...
View ArticleIt is stories we need
Sunlit Path, photo by Peter Kaminski, via Flickr Creative Commons Sue Monk Kidd is one of those authors whose books end too soon for me. Not because they are short but because reading them is like a...
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