On my shelf this week:
The poetry of William Blake
The In-Between: Embracing the Tension Between Now and the Next Big Thing, by Jeff Goins
Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank, by Erma Bombeck
This week I’m spending time in the poetry of William Blake, reading about how to gracefully spend time in the “waiting room,” reading an old classic and studying a humor master.
Best quotes so far:
“Life does slow down, inconveniences do occur and delays happen to the best of us. The challenge is what we do with these times, how we use—or waste—our waiting. The slower times contain a wealth of wisdom for us to tap into, but only when we recognize them.”
Jeff Goins
“All this waiting is not an accident: it’s a call to slow down. These delays are meant to point us to a deeper truth: we are not finished. If we relish this reality and embrace the opportunity it holds, we may be able to grasp a depth we’ve not yet reached. We may find this abundant life, after all.”
Jeff Goins
“A life filled with movement, with constant motion and no rest stops, isn’t a life at all.”
Jeff Goins
Read any of these? Tell us what you thought.
