Showing posts with label dragons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dragons. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Some days the dragon wins

When I read this post last night just before bed, I immediately emailed myself the link with the note "OMG YES!"

The whole thing is short and worth reading in its entirety for the full message, but this is the part that really hit me:
"Your manuscript was not written. Your miles were not run. Your dream was not dreamed. But, and this is an awful big but, that was just today. Tomorrow is a new day."
I have a tendency to fall into the trap of "I didn't achieve my goal today, so I'm never going to." I'm slowly learning to climb out of that hole and keep moving forward, brushing off the dirt of self-doubt and negative self-talk that clings to me afterward.


The dragon definitely won most of the last week. And I think the last couple days, I barely stood up to fight it. I'm back to fighting today, sword and shield in hand, partially thanks to this post.
(Constance Hall) St. Geo. And Dragon, Bryn Mawr (LOC)
photo via Library of Congress

I think I'm going to create a prominent "Having a bad day?" bookmark on my computer which links to that post so I can read it whenever I need to.




Sunday, December 25, 2011

Fairy Tales and Dragons


I hadn't thought about this quote in a long time, but it's one of my favorites. I came across the quote again the other day on a Tumblr blog:

Dragon
Not a dragon, but the closest thing I have in my Flickr account :)

“Fairy Tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” - G. K. Chesterton

via mbthecool

Thursday, December 08, 2011

Christmas Countdown: O Dragon Tree, O Dragon Tree...


My coworker Steve makes Study Dragons for students each year about this time.
It appears a few of the dragons took over the Christmas tree.


I really like this one :)