wednesday, january 8, 2025 Quote of the week

“By choosing to repeat the past, you are keeping life from renewing itself.”

Deepak Chopra

During a visit to Philadelphia a few years ago, I bought a copy of Stephen King’s memoir, On Writing, to read on the trip. King specifically wrote about how inspiration and imagination arise from the most unexpected moments. For example, as King filled up his tank at a roadside gas station, he meandered around to the side of the station, where he happened upon a car, just the front end actually, which sat on cinder blocks and BOOM…his novel Christine was imagined.

Let’s now concentrate on setting down grief as we imagine our new story. "It's no use going back to yesterday,” Lewis Carroll writes, “because I was a different person then." From his imaginative book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Carroll’s message teaches that dwelling in the past is useless. We've grown since losing our loved ones, so there is no way other than forward.

Be open minded to the nudges of inspiration, something that jolts you into the present. Maybe it’s as subtle as a kind gesture from a stranger that restores your faith in humanity, or an intimate quote that jumps out from the page that resolutely speaks to you. Perhaps it’s nature; the silence that snow creates, the winter palette blanketing the earth encouraging us to rest and restore…the wintering our bodies and hearts crave. Author Alberto Villoldo wrote that, “When you see beauty all around you, beauty will seek and find you, even in the most unexpected places.”

During this next stage of transformation after grief, bring forth a new narrative, one that is open and provides the fertile soil for our lives that still yearn to grow. In Romans 12:2, it is written, "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind". We are the authors of our lives, the new life we are uniquely designing.

Like Stephen King, take a little stroll and see what you find. Expect the unexpected!

wednesday, january 1, 2025 Quote of the week

"Your life is your story. Write well. Edit often."

Susan Statham

The second semester of the 2024-2025 school year starts in less than a week. Students will return with a blank slate; all that happened in the first two quarters are archived. They’ll get to begin again with new intentions and revitalized aspirations. So, as you begin a new year, a new chapter, what are you archiving, what are you bringing forward, and where do you intend to go?

Although I will always grieve my husband, I am ready to leave behind the weight of death. I am putting down the assumptions others may have of me as a widow. I am also tucking away the need to replicate what our lives would have been if Jim was still here. The mirror of my mind will no longer reflect what was; therefore, I am preparing to become the author of a new story.

My heart still yearns to love, so I am bringing forward all the love I had for him. In Matthew 12:3-4, the Gospel says, “For the mouth speaks, what the heart is full of”. My intention then is to create a symbiotic relationship between my thought patterns, my words, and my actions that reflect love. Everything I felt for Jim, I will now pour into others.

Going forward, I intend to look for new adventures and to say “yes” even if it is a bit terrifying! I am the only one that can live my life and fulfill the purpose that has been planned for me. Pastor, T.D. Jakes said that, “No matter where you are in life right now, know this; God put you on this earth to fulfill the promise he has predestined for your life.” Jim is the love of my life, and love is inextinguishable! His terminal diagnosis fueled his desire to live fully, and he modeled what I now need to do, which is to live well what’s left of mine.

Irene C. Kassorla wrote that, “You must have control of the authorship of your own destiny; the pen that writes your life story must be held in your own hand.” As survivors, we are enriched by our loved ones. Welcome the fresh start that promises happiness, spontaneity, and love.

Write, edit, rewrite, and hold tight for the plot twist!

Storylight A transformational journey SHARON M WIBLE

wednesday, january 8, 2025 Quote of the week

wednesday, january 1, 2025 Quote of the week

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