Tag: blessings
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No regrets
“Today I understand something I didn’t see before. Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.” – from The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho (an encore classic) In the quoted passage, an old man becomes painfully aware of a timeless principle – that when you ignore your blessings there is a negative outcome. If you substitute the word…
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My Childhood Heroes
My childhood heroes are a pretty impressive bunch, I must say! I’d be proud to be compared to any one of them. As a child, I was less inhibited by the internal and external motivations of an adult. Life was simpler, less complex, less confusing, closer to being true to myself. My young, innocent self…