October 14, 2006

Inspiration

Wow. This made me cry, laugh and cry some more.

What an amazing story of a father who runs, swims, bikes, hikes and skis with his disabled son.

One word of caution - get a hanky.

Here's a link to the article and movie.

Watch this and then call your dad.

October 07, 2006

Stalling






I'm stalling. Procrastinating. Busying myself with chores and tasks. Keeping my hands and feet moving so that I don't have to sit and think. Sit and type. I'm writing an article for a youth zine and I want it to be perfect. Trouble is - I have to have the perfect start to properly begin.

I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at all, and in order not to do wrong, never do anything. - Henry Ward Beecher

Ouch. That one hit the spot :)

Another one:

Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. - Angelique Arnauld

Here I go...