Jan
02
Think of all that has happened in the last year. I started speaking at conferences for the first time, three of them to be exact. Over a year ago I submitted a proposal for an exhibition of my photo-collages but hadn’t heard back anything by 1/1/11. Now I am 4 days away from the exhibition’s opening night (Living Arts of Tulsa, Friday, January 6th, 6-9pm). I had one daughter living in Tulsa and one in Seattle. Now I have one in parts unknown and one in Berkeley, CA. Those are just a few things among many. Two of those events I made happen by putting myself out there. My daughter’s life events I had very little control over, watching mainly from the sidelines.
What about you? What happened this year? What happen that you had some control over? What happened you had very little control over?
Stuff is going to happen to you in the next year. Stuff you can’t control and have no say in. But there will be plenty of things that will happen ONLY if you decide to make them happen. Are you going to push to make things happen, believing they can happen if you set your mind to it or are you going to let opportunities pass by, believing you are not able or being fearful of possible bad outcomes?
Will you look back on 1/1/13 and feel you did what you could?
Drawing, commentary and quote by Marty Coleman, a man who likes the funny stuff.
Mar
15
>It’s getting close to spring, or fall for my southern hemisphere friends. Hello Australia, southern Africa and South America!
Weather predictors might say they have data on the future, economists might say it as well. Many believe they can use models to predict. And that is what they are doing, predicting. They do not know for certain. The same is true with your own life, your own heart, your own adventure.
The worst thing one can do is condemn their future because of their past. To avoid that trap remember to put a ‘yet’ on the end of any declarative statement that has ‘never’ in it.
I have never climbed a mountain…yet. I have never had a successful relationship….yet.
I haven’t ever felt beautiful….yet. I haven’t ever gone to Europe…yet. I have never run a marathon…yet.
Add the ‘yet’ to your statements and see how it opens up your future instead of closing it off.
Quote by Laurel Cutler, American business woman. I couldn’t find out much about her except that she is in PR. If you find out more about her, let me know. And let her know I used her quote, ok?
Jan
31
>A vintage napkin from 2001, drawn for my daughters and put in their lunches.
Then the question must be, ‘If dreams are in the future, how do you get to them?’
Perhaps one way is by finding someone whose tomorrow happens to be today and hitching a ride with them. That’s how I do it, at least. Sometimes that person is myself, other times not.
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Anatole France, 1844-1924, French writer. No, the country was not named after him.
Jan
13
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These are the questions you might answer as you get in your time machine.
Is what you see in the future, in your dreams, a recreation of your past? Decided by it? Is your past created anew by what happens in your present?
How do you remember? What if you re-remembered your past differently, then who would you be? Then what would your future look like?
Drawing and quote by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Jeremy Irons, 1948-not dead yet, British actor
