This is what the Larch looks like just after the buds have fully come out to soak up the sun's rays.
I really don't know what the word "NO" means because if I did...I probably wouldn't be alive today! (Google search my Cycle Tour Across Canada to learn why I shouldn't be alive!) For some reason the word "NO" fuels a fire inside me that can't ever be extinguished. Throught the process of writing these books, I have been told no so many times that I have lost count. I've heard no from publishers, agents, distributers, banks, arts councils, numerous grants, illustrators, and the list goes on. But for some reason the only voice that I listen to..is the voice in my head and in my heart. It feels as though I am being guided and taught valuable life lessons and this voice that lives within pushes me along, not smoothly, but along. And I love it because I feel confident that I will succeed by living my life this way.
There are three main passions in my life.
1.) My family
2.) My garden
3.) My books
There are many other things I like to do like mountain biking, skiing, hiking, sewing, general creating, volunteering, and helping bears . But if don't complete my goals taken from my top 3 list, I will not enjoy the extra curricular activites noted above. I find that so many people I know have exteme sports in their top 3 and I, at one time lived a life like that, but as I am getting older extreme sports don't seem as important. Staying healthy is, but not striving to chuck the hugest drop that can destroy one's family dynamic in less than a second by ending up in a hospital with a broken neck. It just doesn't seem to matter when you look at the big picture of life and what's important.
Every night before I go to bed, I visually run through the different activites that I have planned for the next day. So the following day when I wake up I hit the floor running and can get a lot done. I will usually not go to bed until every activity is completed as best as I can. I am a very visual person and I think I even have a photographic memory as I can still picture rivers, waves and races that I competed in 15 years ago. I apply this way of living to each day I live. I have had one too many near fatal accidents over my life time and I have come to realize that life is so precious and needs to be taken advantage of every minit of the day and every minit of the day I use, scheme, think of ways to improve myself and the projects I am working on. Every day I strive to be a better person. There are some days I am too tired and say to hell with it all and waste time watching tv. But even as I watch tv, in the back of my mind I continue to scheme up more ideas. Life is so awesome and to be enjoyed every chance you get.
So when I hear a no, I usually get angry, yell, and scream, but then come full circle, I use it to my advantage. "No", builds me up instead of tearing me down. Crazy as it sounds...sometimes I love hearing "No", just so I can say "Oh ya, Watch this!"
So, if you believe in yourself and your project but you can't seem to get a break, overcome it, go around it, and move on!
That's my thoughts for today!
That's my thoughts for today!
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