joy of achievement, thrill of creative effort (17 August 2016)

Julie Paterson of Cloth with some of her designs



Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Professor of Sociology, Brené Brown, explores emotions like fear and shame and how they can stop human connections
TED Talk, The Power of Vulnerability


It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Julie Paterson draws postcards of places she visits and then sends them back - to friends and family, and to herself, "It’s so nice to see the cards – takes me right back to the day when I did the picture."



You are only an extra in everyone else's play.

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Robert Doisneau , Picasso - La Ligne de Chance, 1952