57 Marbles
It is impossible to live without failing at something unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all.
JK Rowlings
In two days I fly to New Orleans to do some research for Burlesque Palace. Some people, like my prof, think I’m crazy. All I know is that I’m willing to do whatever it takes to get the story to the next level and what it requires now is for me to physically go to New Orleans.
Today before I went to work, I passed by a local dressmaker who was having a huge sale. I tried on two of his dresses and bought them both for my trip. It’ll be so nice to have some pretty new clothes to wear.
Yes, the trip is a gamble and an added expense in December but it’s also an adventure. In Jitterbug Perfume, Tom Robbins writes, “How can you admire a human who consciously embraces the bland, the mediocre, and the safe rather than risk the suffering that disappointment can bring?” I don’t foresee disappointment in the future but I also refuse to live so cautiously that it’s not a possibility.
All I know is what’s required of me in the present.
Fly south.
Fly south.
Do you live your life too cautiously? If you knew that failure wasn’t a possibility, what would you do? What would it take to do it regardless of outcome?
In two days I fly to New Orleans to do some research for Burlesque Palace. Some people, like my prof, think I’m crazy. All I know is that I’m willing to do whatever it takes to get the story to the next level and what it requires now is for me to physically go to New Orleans.
Today before I went to work, I passed by a local dressmaker who was having a huge sale. I tried on two of his dresses and bought them both for my trip. It’ll be so nice to have some pretty new clothes to wear.
Yes, the trip is a gamble and an added expense in December but it’s also an adventure. In Jitterbug Perfume, Tom Robbins writes, “How can you admire a human who consciously embraces the bland, the mediocre, and the safe rather than risk the suffering that disappointment can bring?” I don’t foresee disappointment in the future but I also refuse to live so cautiously that it’s not a possibility.
All I know is what’s required of me in the present.
Fly south.
Fly south.
Do you live your life too cautiously? If you knew that failure wasn’t a possibility, what would you do? What would it take to do it regardless of outcome?
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