Suzan-Lori Parks
-Playwright
Be bold. Envision yourself living a life that you love.
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...believe that the sort of life you wish to live is, at this very moment, just waiting for you to summon it up. And when you wish for it, you begin moving toward it, and it, in turn, begins moving toward you.
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As the great writer James Baldwin said: "Your crown has been bought and paid for. All you have to do is put it on your head."
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PRACTICE PATIENCE. Whether you sit around like I do, working for that perfect word, or you are working toward a dream job, or wishing for a dreamy sweetheart. Things will come to you when you are ready to handle them—not before. Just keep walking your road.
And as you walk your road, as you live your life, RELISH THE ROAD. And relish the fact that the road of your life will probably be a windy road. Something like—the yellow brick road in the WIZARD OF OZ. You see the glory of OZ up ahead—but there are lots of twists and turns along the way—lots of tin men, lots of green women.
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Dont just spend your life.
SPLURGE. SPLURGE YOUR LIFE BY DOING SOMETHING YOU LOVE. My husband Paul is a musician. He says that the concept of talent is overrated because "talent" is really the gift of love. "Talent" happens when you are in love with something and you devote your life to it and its your love of it that makes you want to keep doing it, its your love of it which helps you overcome the obstacles along the way, and its your love of it that begets a talent for it.
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LOVE YOURSELF. Why not.
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Mount Holyoke
South Hadley, MA
May 27, 2001
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Posted on: 01.02.2006