{"id":1276,"date":"2009-05-13T00:38:32","date_gmt":"2009-05-13T04:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joyfullyjobless.com\/blog\/?p=1276"},"modified":"2009-05-13T00:40:04","modified_gmt":"2009-05-13T04:40:04","slug":"find-five-wise-words-from-writers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joyfullyjobless.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/find-five-wise-words-from-writers\/","title":{"rendered":"Find Five: Wise Words from Writers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Successful writers are, of course, also entrepreneurs. Shaping words and ideas and sending them out into the world is their way of honoring their calling. Here are five insights that apply equally to any personal endeavor.<\/em><\/p>\n

Consider every path carefully testing it in whichever way you feel necessary, then ask yourself, but only yourself, one question: ‘Does this path have a heart?’ The path that has heart will uplift you, ease your burden and bring you joy. The path with no heart will make you stumble, it will break your spirit, and finally cause you to look upon your life with anger and bitterness. ~ Carlos Castenada<\/p>\n

It has taken me three decades to unlearn the impulse to be practical.\u00a0 Just imagine what you might have accomplished if only you\u2019d been encouraged to honor your creative reveries as spiritual gifts. ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach<\/p>\n

You can only be truly accomplished at something you love. Don\u2019t make money the goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing, and do them so well that people can\u2019t take their eyes off you. All the other tangible rewards will come as a result. ~ Maya Angelou<\/p>\n

Don’t get stuck with where you have not succeeded. Go on to something else. You don\u2019t know what will unfold. None of us has as much time as we think. ~ Natalie Goldberg<\/p>\n

Good things as well as bad are caught by a kind of infection. If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire; if you want to get wet you must get into the water. If you want joy, peace eternal life, you must get close to, or even into \u00a0 the thing that has them….They are a great fountain of energy and beauty spurting up at the very center of reality.\u00a0 If you are close to it, the spray will wet you ; if you are not, you will remain dry. ~ CS Lewis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Successful writers are, of course, also entrepreneurs. Shaping words and ideas and sending them out into the world is their way of honoring their calling. Here are five insights that apply equally to any personal endeavor. Consider every path carefully testing it in whichever way you feel necessary, then ask yourself, but only yourself, one…<\/p>\n

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