Rats Country: Here's a thought for Monday...

"For a moment everything was clear, and when that happens you see that the world is barely there at all.  Don't we all secretly know this?  It's a perfectly balance mechanism of shouts and echoes pretending to be wheels and cogs, a dreamclock chiming beneath a mystery-glass we call life...A universe of horror and loss surrounding a single lighted stage where mortals dance in defiance of the dark."

from Stephen King's new book, 11/22/63

Rats Country: I (heart) Mondays, cont.

I didn't begin the day by weighing myself.  I did brush my teeth.

Rats Country: Imbricate

         

            Imbricate

Overlapping edges give the illusion
we're sewn together by tiny stitches.
I told you something a moment ago.
You didn't listen.
Silence entwines us.

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"