As you probably know by now, one of my favorite books is Little Women. One of my all time favorite characters is Jo March. She is an incredible free spirit, with a fiery ambition which allowed her to do some pretty incredible things, in a completely carefree manner, at a time when women were not allowed to do much more than be a good wife and raise proper children. There’s a line in the movie (and I’m not sure if its in the book) with Winona Ryder where she says rather wistfully,
“ah, I should have been a great many things, Mr. __”.
I love that line – don’t we all think that very thing through many stages of our life? But do we ever stop to consider the clutter we’ve accumulated that has kept us from being a great many things? [read more…]
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