a) a Golden Heart entry and
b) a saleable manuscript
Dream a little dream but make it big!
I dreamt of joining the Foreign Service and here I am in Bangkok. We are in control of our destinies. I wouldn't be here if I hadn't applied, taken the test, passed the interview. I'll never publish a book until I finish one, submit it to agents, let my voice be heard.
Variation on a Theme by Rilke
A certain day became a presence to me;
there it was, confronting me--a sky, air, light:
a being. And before it started to descend
from the height of noon, it leaned over
and struck my shoulder as if with
the flat of a sword, granting me
honor and a task. The day's blow
rang out, metallic--or it was I, a bell awakened,
and what I heard was my whole self
saying and singing what it knew: I can.
