I love quotes. Whether famous or obscure they speak to
my soul much like a painting or a beautiful sunset. When in high school, I worked
at a card shop/bookstore (who knew?) and Maya Angelou had just released her line
of greeting cards. I’d never before read her work, but as I stocked those
cards, I began to gain a greater appreciation for the woman and the experiences
that gave her such wisdom, such insight into character, integrity--connecting
the dots to those different from me in a line that makes us common with one
another.
“I've
learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ~Maya Angleou
Recent events in our world, most notably those “out of
left field” tweets and Facebook comments we all encounter from time to time
leave me reeling at times. Do they you?
It can be exhausting, to be truthful
and I consider myself a woman of faith, a woman who has built a career on the
belief that “love will find a way.”
And I still believe this.
I asked readers recently, what do you like most about contemporary
westerns? The rugged cowboys? (duh) The sense of small-town life? Community?
Salt-of-the earth type characters?
It does my heart good to know there are readers that value
these things, as I do. It’s why I started writing, its why I’ll continue to share
my stories of heroes and heroines—of characters who have integrity, passion for
the earth, love for their family, friends and community.
I’ll end my short rant on character with one of the
most brilliantly written and performed songs, I believe that’s come out in a
long while. It offers to me the type of heroes and heroines that I aspire to write
and frankly aspire to become myself.
It's a reminder to us all that being kind, having compassion and integrity all crucial to how we want our society to become.
From
the song, “Humble and Kind”-
“Don't take for granted the love this life gives you
When you get where you're goin'
Don't forget turn back around
And help the next one in line
Always stay humble and kind”~ Produced by Tim McGraw & Byron
Gallimore
Album
Damn Country Music (Deluxe Edition) 2016
DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE QUOTE? Maybe its about reading,
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