I hope you enjoy this free issue of the starter. As I mentioned to some of you already, I began this project because I simply wanted to publish something that was positive, an easy read, and enable readers to begin their week on a positive note. This is a work-in-progress, however, and I will be working hard to make the starter better with each issue. It will come into your inbox at 8am, each Monday. Comments are always welcomed! Enjoy!
There is a faith in loving fiercely: That difficult, delicate, triumphal pivot from self-limitation to self-liberation in the most vulnerable-making of human undertakings — love — is what poet and philosopher David Whyte, who thinks deeply about these questions of courage and love, maps out in his stunning poem “The Truelove,” found in his book The Sea in You: Twenty Poems of Requited and Unrequited Love (public library) and read here by David himself in his sonorous Irish-tinted English voice, in his singular style of echoing lines to let them reverberate more richly. Enjoy!
“If you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re Doing Something.” Neil Gaiman Blog, 2020
The secret habits that control your life | Wendy Wood: Bad habits can be challenging to change due to friction — that is, the time and effort it takes to overcome them. It is widely believed that through better self-control, our habits will change. But it doesn't work like that.
From The Well, a new publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived
Creativity Watch: Fran Forman…I have known and watched visual artist, Fran Forman’s growth for a while. She has been a featured photographer in Shadow & Light Magazine several times, as well as being published and collected world-wide. Her work is compelling, visually stunning, and well crafted. Enjoy!
•Note: there is one ad in this video that is just bit long, but the video is well worth it!