Word Bumps
Bits of inspirational writing. Think of this as an online gallery of writing that both inspires and moves you. A collection of favorable words from writers of all different types.
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People forget that you aren’t born with an Owner’s Manual tucked under your pillow that says, ‘You are Joe Smith. Brown hair, blue eyes, very visual, cut out to be a painter, quiet and introspective.’
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The archives are best just before sleep, as memory and imagination take sway. Every archive has an intended logic, a day logic, with well-defined topics, alphabetical orderings, hierarchical taxonomies, or cross-referenced indexes. At night we see less of what is intended and more of what is there.
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I have always been a big proponent of following your heart and doing exactly what you want to do. It sounds so simple, right? But there are people who spend years—decades, even—trying to find a true sense of purpose for themselves. My advice? Just find the thing you enjoy doing more than anything else, your one true passion, and do it for the rest of your life on nights and weekends when you’re exhausted and cranky and just want to go to bed.
