Wisdom:

Meditate.

Live purely.

Be quiet.

Do your work with mastery.

Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds!

Shine.

- Buddha.

Confucius, on work:

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

- Confucius.

Books ... the best distraction:

The world no longer exists once I start a good book.

Writing Journal Entry # 12:

Now … where was I?

Yay!

I completed the first draft of my novel: Slipped Masks.

It’s a milestone moment for a writer to reach this stage.

I hit the print icon and the 186–page manuscript streamed from the printer.

It was a great moment to shuffle the pages together in a neat pile and hand it to my wife.

Now to settle in a comfy chair with a large coffee and a red pen.

Let reading and revision commence for draft # 2 …