Greenlights

The Goddess of luck is fortune,
fortune is the Sister of fate,
fate is the Divine Order,
and the Divine Order is God.
So, as far as I can tell,
if you believe in luck,
you believe in God.

Nobody forgives themselves quicker than she does

—advance, carry on, continue

help set the table.

Contracts I have made with myself,

I never wrote things down to remember; I always wrote things down so I could forget.

Create structure so you can have freedom.
Create your weather so you can blow in the wind.
Map your direction so you can swerve in the lanes.
Clean up so you can get dirty.
Choreograph, then dance.
Learn to read and write before you start making up words.
Check if the pool has water in it before you dive in.
Learn to sail before you fly.
Initiation before inaugurations.
Earn your Saturdays.
We need discipline, guidelines, context, and responsibility early in any new endeavor. It’s the time to sacrifice. To learn, to observe, to take heed.
If and when we get knowledge of the space, the craft, the people, and the plan, then we can let our freak flag fly, and create.
Creativity needs borders.
Individuality needs resistance.
The earth needs gravity.
Without them there is no form.
No art.
Only chaos.

if you understand something, then you own it, you can sign your name to it, take credit for it, live by it, sell it, and win medals for it

Don’t walk into a place like you wanna buy it, walk in like you own it.”

A denied expectation hurts more than a denied hope, while a fulfilled hope makes us happier than a fulfilled expectation