"Remember this year to use your imagination deliberately and wisely. It really does seem that whatever holds our attention, whatever calls to us, eventually comes calling." -- Martha Beck Daily inspirational sayings and ideas are my guilty pleasure. Martha Beck, author and inspirational guru, is one of my favorites. Some time ago she posted the above and it resonated as a continuing theme with other guiding principles that have been showing up at my door, a-hem, desk for the

"Silence is something more than just a pause. It is that enchanted place where space is cleared and time is stayed and the horizon itself expands." -- Pico Iyer Writers revel in silence – to think, to create, to decide what to bring to life – but I really believe we all need moments of silence in which to lose ourselves from time to time. There’s a comfort in silence when you allow it to connect, even if it happens while I'm folding laundry, washing dishes, or gardening. I’m

"The choice is always yours. You get to decide, every single day, what will make you…so…what’s your default? Because unless you've been intentional about your life and have created the things you want and the habits that will support you in getting it, you're operating and living by default with whatever default programming you picked up throughout your life so far." – Jennifer Blanchard I follow author and life coach “guru” Jennifer Blanchard both online and through Facebook

Sometimes you just have to stop worrying, wondering, and doubting, Have faith that things will work out, maybe not how you planned, but just how they’re meant to be. – Unknown I love Facebook for these inspirational quotes. They are like secret messages from the world that things will be okay. Eventually. And that most things, when looked at in the rear view mirror, aren’t as big as they first appeared. Or matter. What helps you stay positive and grounded? Inspirational quote

"One clear, thoughtful, original sentence can spread from mind to mind until it ends up changing history. That's magic." -- Martha Beck Hi! I’m going to start by saying thanks for joining me on this blog journey. While I write stories of conspiracies, suspense and other nasty things, I’m a romantic at heart and believe that love really does conquer all…and as I say on my website, even if it takes a bloody route to get there. Why else would a soldier die for his country or a p