“We have been taught to keep the commandments, and we have kept them all too well. We have enshrined them like religious relics in sealed containers on the altar. Thus, it could be said that one lives by the commandments in much the same way as many persons live by a neighbor, never learning his name, let alone having any understanding communication with him.” WayWellsPersonsHas BeensSaidNamesUnderstandingReligiousTaughtCommunicationNeighborLive ByCommandmentsAltarsRelicsContainers Book:Breaking the Ten Commandments: Discover the Deeper Meaning Source: Breaking the Ten Commandments: Discover the Deeper Meaning
“Shirley Jackson said that a confused reader is an antagonistic reader, and I live by that. It's okay to start anywhere, and to let yourself write a big sloppy overly-detailed first draft. You just jump in, knowing that the water will be cold at first, but no one is making you swim.” WritingFirstsSaidBigsWaterKnowingColdReaderOkayConfusedLive BySwimSloppy Author:Anne Lamott