Wednesday, November 14, 2012

What's inspiring me today

I'm feeling creative today and inspired by so many things.

♥ This song—a reminder to seize the day.


Lyrics here.

♥ Poet Ted Kooser. I try to write every day, whether it's fiction or memoir or just a vignette about something I've seen or done. Today feels like a poetry day. One of my biggest inspirations is Ted Kooser, a poet who has the ability to see so much in the simple things in life. I adore "Tattoo." The poem he reads in this video, "Daddy Longlegs," is also one of my favorites.




♥ Today's sunrise. I wish I would have thought to take a picture. The sky was gorgeous this morning, all pink and blue stripes—absolutely beautiful and inspiring!

Image courtesy of Ronald Carlson, publicdomainpictures.net














What's inspiring you today?

22 comments:

  1. beautiful inspiring sounds and images! thanks for sharing them! love seeing a colorful morning sky!

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  2. Sounds like it's going to be a great day for you today, Dana!!

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  3. Beautiful picture of the sky--I wish I ever got up early enough for a sunrise! At least I see pretty sunsets from my office windows lately.

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    1. I love that picture, but I have to say that the sunrise I saw this morning was even more vibrant.

      Sunsets are beautiful, too. It's just too bad that they come so early in the day now. :)

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  4. I enjoyed watching that first video! Very inspirational. And the sunset is gorgeous!

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    1. Now you understand why I'm feeling so creative today. :)

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  5. Carpe Diem.
    MUCH better than "Carpe Carp."
    Who wants to seize a fish, anyway?

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  6. I love that song! Really inspiring. ;)

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  7. Lovely sunrise! I love "Unwritten" too! It's so inspiring! Just reading this post, I turned it on Youtube to listen to it! :)

    So much inspiration around us, Dana! Thanks for the reminder :)

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  8. Sunshine found a crack in dark gray skies, and hit my desk with some golden rays at the exactly the right moment to give me a little umph today. I'd have taken a picture if I'd had a camera. It was a moment of awesome beauty!

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    1. Sounds gorgeous! I love those little moments.

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  9. we could all use a great day!!
    the simple things in life are definitely the best things in life...

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  10. favorite type of skies. so lots of those when i lived in texas

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  11. These are all inspiring. I remember that song by somebody else, but can't remember who. You know how I love a beautiful sky pic. ;) I hope you had a great day! :)

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    1. I had a wonderful day! I hope you did, too. :)

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