Joanne Tombrakos

Too Scary to Write

#Trust30 30-day writing challenge from ralphwaldoemerson.me. The Quote The other terror that scares us from self-trust is our consistency; a reverence for our past act or word, because the eyes of others have no other data for computing our orbit than our past acts, and we are loath to disappoint them. Ralph Waldo Emerson The Writing PromptEmerson says: […]

Five Years Back, Five Years Forward

#Trust30 30-day writing challenge from ralphwaldoemerson.me. The Quote There will be an agreement in whatever variety of actions, so they be each honest and natural in their hour. – Ralph Waldo Emerson The Writing Prompt What would you say to the person you were five years ago? What will you say to the person you’ll be in […]

What Are You Waiting For?

#Trust30 30-day writing challenge from ralphwaldoemerson.me.The QuoteOur arts, our occupations, our marriages, our religion, we have not chosen, but society has chosen for us. We are parlour soldiers. We shun the rugged battle of fate, where strength is born. – Ralph Waldo EmersonThe Writing Prompt“Next to Resistance, rational thought is the artist or entrepreneurs worst enemy. Bad things happen […]

With But A Week Left

#Trust30 30-day writing challenge from ralphwaldoemerson.me.The QuoteLife wastes itself while we are preparing to live. – Ralph Waldo EmersonThe writing promptIf you had one week left to live, would you still be doing what you’re doing now? In what areas of your life are you preparing to live? Take them off your To Do list and add them […]

My One Place

#Trust30 30-day writing challenge from ralphwaldoemerson.me.If we live truly, we shall see truly. – Ralph Waldo EmersonThe writing prompt:Not everyone wants to travel the world, but most people can identify at least one place in the world they’d like to visit before they die. Where is that place for you, and what will you do to make sure […]

The Challenge of the Moment

#Trust30 Day 4The QuoteThat which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him. Where is the master who could have taught Shakespeare? Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton? . . . Shakespeare will never be made by the study of Shakespeare. Do that […]