Dear Friends,

The first journal of 2012, and an opportunity to once again express my sincere thanks to all of you, for the wonderful support you've offered throughout last year. It truly has encouraged me to grow and begin again with joy and confidence.
I wanted this journal to be simple and inspirational; an encouragement for you to also start again, with a blank canvas and renewed energy.
I hope that the selected works as well as the selected quotes/sayings, will encourage and  allow you to grow even further during this year.
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"When I face the desolate impossibility of writing 500 pages, a sick sense of failure falls on me, and I know I can never do it. Then gradually, I write one page and then another. One day's work is all that I can permit myself to contemplate."
John Steinbeck

"The most sacred place dwells within our heart, where dreams are born and secrets sleep, a mystical refuge of darkness and light, fear and conquest, adventure and discovery, challenge and transformation. Our heart speaks for our soul every moment while we are alive. Listen... as the whispering beat repeats: be...gin, be...gin, be...gin. It's really that simple. Just begin... again."
Royce Addington

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"The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life."
Steve Jobs

"The secret to living the life of your dreams is to start living the life of your dreams today, in every little way you possibly can."
Mike Dooley



"One of these days, I'm going to publish a book of all the pictures I did not take."
Rene Burri

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"Life is not a dress rehearsal. Stop practicing what you're going to do and just go do it. In one bold stroke you can transform today."
Marilyn Grey

"Inexperience is an asset. Embrace it."
Wendy Kopp


"When will you begin your long journey into yourself?
If all you can do is crawl, start crawling."
Rumi