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Saturday May 21, 2016

We’ve all heard these:

“Today is the first day of the rest of your life.”– unknown

“In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.” – Kazantzakis

We seek easy answers. They show up. Sometimes. But very rarely on the first day of trying. They show up – hopefully before our last day. They teach us their lessons.

First, we start. Why not start today? Yes you can …

Everything ever started by anyone had its first day. We all get one of those every morning. Not a fresh start or re-start – but a fresh day. You can start anything. 

written / published from Calgary, AB

morning walk:  2C/36F, chilly damp breeze – dry now between drizzles, Gusta happy to finally get out (I’m moving slow, and late) as day 1 of 3 begins – the perfect long weekend for staying inside, cooking (brewing pasta sauce today), reading, writing, working (squeezing 5 days of work into 3 … but with the phone not ringing, that’s possible) and a nap or two


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