“Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invent...” — Barbara Sher Quote

Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.

You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.

Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't.

You can learn new things at any time in your life if you're willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you.

Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.

Think of the wonderful circles in which our whole being moves and from which we cannot escape no matter how we try. The circler circles in these circles.

I sat with myself one day and asked, 'Who is in those prestigious literary circles? Do they represent me? Do they appreciate the topics I write about and the style in which I write? Do those gatekeepers let a demographic like mine through the door?' And the answer was no.

Grandma's Camry, I don't think it goes past 100. If you're in an F1 car you can do circles around my Grandma's Camry. But it's Ol' Reliable, for sure.

I started skating and I kind of liked it because I could run circles around the guys that wouldn't pick me to play baseball.