The Future Looks...Changeable

Wow...my mother just told me that I'll never be able to finish or publish the novel I'm working on b/c "following through with things" isn't my strong suit. That hurt. I mean, not really hurt, but it bothers me b/c I know she is right. I'll probably never finish the novel I'm working on b/c it always just feels like there's more time. And too much to do w/ the time that's right now. Well, today is Saturday and I have no plans. Not one thing scheduled w/ friends or family and I'm seriously contemplating locking myself here in the computer room (w/ my cowboy hat on of course) and working on my novel all day. B/c it's something worth fighting for. I don't know if I have the talent. I don't know if I'd be sucessful as a writer, but I sure as heck know that I'll regret if I just don't try hard enough. If I just don't make the time. I mean, I think I'd be happy being a lawyer or an accountant or something structured like that, but who would rather do that than write all day? I can't imagine it. So, here goes w/ my novel. Wish me luck.

" A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it."

" They who know how to employ opportunities will often find that they can create them; and what we can achieve depends less on the amount of time we possess than on the use we make of our time."

" Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty."

" Failure is the result of poor thinking and poor choices. The only things that can truly stop you from success are your own thoughts and emotions."

" Any path is only a path, and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you. . . Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself and yourself alone one question: Does this path have a heart? If the path does, it is good. If not, it is of no use."

" Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered and the courage with which he has maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds."

" Never let anyone dictate the places you can go or the things you can do because of a previous association. Learn to deal with the fear of uncomfortable situations. Once people learn that you will continue to live your life, instead of live in fear of a moment, that is when you become human."