Rats Country: I (heart) Mondays, cont.

Be grateful for what you didn't do on the weekend:  drink too much; alienate a friend or family member; spend Sunday watching pro football on tv in Milt's doublewide.

Rats Country: No One Listens

Here's another thing I like about writing in a journal.  You can pour yourself a fresh cup of coffee,  sit down at your desk, and say to yourself, "Now tell me what you really think."

Rats Country: Another Reason Why I Love Mondays

"The grace to be a beginner is always the best prayer for an artist.  The beginner's humility and openness lead to exploration.  Exploration leads to accomplishment.  All of it begins at the beginning, with the first small and scary step."

          Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way

Rats Country: Define Failure

"The good taste comes when you know the difference between failures that are better off forgotten and failures that are merely successes that haven't grown up yet."

           Seth Godin blog  10/8/11 "Failures and the Dip"

Rats Country: Just Don't Stay a Dabbler...

"...Dabble for discovery...commit for mastery."

       StevePavlina.com  Personal Development Insights Newsletter 9/21/11

Rats Country: The Mad Housewife

Yesterday I cleaned behind the couch and under the bed, places where no one looks.  How do you tell a virtue from a neurosis?

Rats Country: Some days...

Some days you walk the length of the fallen log, finding your balance, not allowing yourself to feel the pull of the rocks nor hear the violent sound of rushing water.