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The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

Albert Einstein

There’s a lot of great reasons to appreciate fantasy. Here’s one of them.

Above, you see a quote from Einstein appreciating fantasy more than positive knowledge. I think he has left some great footsteps to follow in, even if it’s just for moments in time. We all have our own place in the world, so I don’t think you should follow Einstein over a cliff, but he has earned his place in leadership for sure. All I’m saying is, give your imagination a chance. Let things go against the rules. That’s all we do here: follow rules. Find a place where all these rules don’t apply. Gravity, breathing air, walking to get from point A to point B. Let all that go. Have fun. Appreciate that aspect of your mind that has been gifted to you. Freedom is so much closer than you think.

The life experience I intend to have includes inspiration and joy in everything I do. I like to feel those things. I feel good when I experience life that way. What does that mean? It means that I will take time to relish those beautiful moments when joy and inspiration find me. I will create those moments and be grateful when those moments come and go. I will show up with my eyes toward inspiration and joy.

Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.

Walt Whitman

Glad to see I’m not alone.

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

George Bernard Shaw

I think life is consistently repeating three things: Finding yourself, Creating yourself, and reminding yourself who you are.

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

Cesare Pavese

Tomorrow we are having a sibling day and I’m pretty excited about it. My little sister got married, my brother and his family are up from Florida and we all plan to be in the same place on the same day! I love my siblings so the joyful memories we make tomorrow, I’m sure, will last forever.

The things that we love tell us what we are.

Thomas Aquinas

This quote is interesting because love is used so frequently today that I try my best to avoid using it in my writing. But I can honestly say I love my family, my friends, and the totality of my life (food, growth, learning, creating, connecting, expanding). These are things I invest in regularly and as much as possible. Right now, I have to focus more on my family and my life, but I do my best to sprinkle friends in as much as possible! Sometimes the universe aligns and we all have a day where we can all meet at the same time. #parenting

So about you? What are some things you love?

It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.

Thomas Sowell

This quote has its place. Today, I was thinking about reading this book on leadership. I can’t think of the name off the top of my head, but the point is, I was thinking about how this book can only take me so far. Once the book is read and it’s time to take action, that is when the two come together. That is when experience and knowledge transmute into wisdom. Without getting too philosophical, we can’t experience all the knowledge in the world. This requires a couple of things: relying on the greats before us when we need to and infinite amounts of time and space in our human form. We can do the former; the latter, we haven’t quite figured out scientifically yet. What I’m saying is I don’t think it takes a considerable amount of knowledge to realize our limits. However, I do think that it takes practice to find a healthy confidence in your craft and also being secure enough to admit there are aspects of your craft that you don’t know (and may never know).