by Zoe M. McCarthy | Dec 12, 2013 | Creating
“One definition of maturity is learning to delay pleasure. Children do what feels good; adults devise a plan and follow it.” —Dave Ramsey Your book, painting, or speech is important. You want to have peace in progressing on your project. But there’s no time anymore....
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Nov 28, 2013 | Creating
“Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God..” —Leo Buscaglia When we learn a new technique or have a success in our creative work, it’s easy to believe it’s what we were called to do. We need to stand just as confident when our...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Sep 12, 2013 | Creating
“Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.” — Les Brown You want to help others, but you’re drowning in getting everything done for your own creative work. I experienced this early in my writing career. Then one day, I knew the answer to an author’s...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Aug 29, 2013 | Creating
“Our job in life is not to be successful, but to be faithful.” — Billy Graham You have a dream or calling. You have failures and too few successes. You harbor resistance and discouragement. You ask yourself, “Will I ever be a __________?” My question was: Will I ever...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Aug 8, 2013 | Creating
“Perhaps the greatest psychological, spiritual, and medical need that all people have is the need for hope.” — Billy Graham When you hear a song, view a painting, or read a story don’t you want to be moved? Don’t you want your experience to be worthwhile—to understand...
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