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Inspiration for writing a plan!
If you intend to take goal setting seriously, you must up the ante by writing 
down your goals and revising them continuously. By choosing your goal and writing it down, you gain an edge. Most people simply respond to conditions rather than create conditions for a better life. While there is no magic pill or equation for success, one thing is sure: Those who fail to plan by not writing down their goals, by default, plan to fail.
~ Gary Ryan Blair
Goals
Down to Earth
Took that leap of faith,
thought I’d learn how to fly.
Lookin’ for rainbows
and dreams passing by.
Searchin’ for answers
to a whole bunch of lies.
Thought that no one
could love the real me.
As I crashed to the ground
Here’s truth that I found:
Learned I must bend,
so I won’t break.
How to get real,
not ever be fake.
It is the best way,
to smile through my pain.
Each moments a choice –
it’s never too late!
These things were so grand,
life was more than I planned!
Now I’m flying so high,
while I’m walking around,
cause the sky doesn’t end
till it reaches the ground.
Living each day now,
each step by faith.
It’s so good to be
right here in this place.
Don’t need all the answers.
It’s time to be free.
I will never be perfect,
I don’t want to be.
Who I am is enough,
yes, it’s great to be me!
I just want to give love –
Cause love’s what we need
Now I’m walking on sunshine
Hooked on the feeling
On top of the world
Yes, I’m one happy girl
Cause I’ve…
Learned to find rainbows –
right in the rain.
Found out I had more,
the more that I gave.
Chose to be happy,
not to complain.
Live life with passion –
I know what it’s worth,
cause life doesn’t start
Till you get down to earth!
Amy Lloyd 8/08
Why Do You Write?
It’s funny how time lengthens when you don’t like what you’re doing.
It’s funny how time goes by so quickly when you’re living your dream.
Monday, I worked a year at a restaurant.
Tuesday, I got a job for a few years at a law firm. Twenty dollars an hour to make copies and coffee.
On Wednesday, I did accounting. A dozen years stacking numbers and dollar signs into neat piles.
Thursday was twenty years making widgets at the factory. It was the longest day of my life.
What am I doing here? When will this week end?
On Friday, someone gave me a typewriter. I typed my dreams in black and pasted them to the walls until they were spackled with ink.
Friday turned to May. I typed. May turned and my hair grew grey.
I was born, I found, to type.
When the end came, I gave the typewriter away.
So someone else could live, as I did, their life in a day.
http://thewritepractice.com/new-video-why-do-you-write/
The Write Practice – Joe Bunting and Liz Bureman
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