Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Monday, April 14, 2025. It's the Moon's day . . . waning every so slightly from its full-of-itself-pinkery of yesterday.

Speaking of yesterday:

The playwrite, essayist and Nobel Prize Laureate, Samuel Beckett was born in 1906 Dublin, Ireland.

In 1909, short story writer, essayist and photographer Eudora Welty was born in Jackson, Mississippi.

Today, Julie Christie turns 85. The multiple award winning international film star was born today in 1940 at Singlijan Tea Estate, Chabua, Assam, British India.

And it's Loretta Lynn's birthday. The “coal miner's daughter” and ground breaking country singer was born in 1932, Butcher Hollow Kentucky

Speaking of stories and story tellers:

You never hear a Jew say, “I’m not going to Passover Seder this year because I already know the story.” And you never hear a Christian say “I’m not going to an Easter service this year because I already know the story.” Of course we know the stories! The point is not that the stories change, but that we do. – Marianne Williamson, unpacking the metaphysics of Easter (if you are so inclined).

Most “Sick But Spunky Girl” stories are really just snuff films. A critique by Sophie Strand.

What Sophie teaches is that the real challenge of this moment isn’t just what’s happening to us; it’s how we respond within it. Do we harden, or do we stay open? Reflect on the reality of The Way. It's principle is creation. No matter the illusions otherwise.

Your intuition is always speaking. But if your nervous system is in fight, flight, or freeze, you can’t hear it.

Your heart knows The Way. Run in that direction. – Rumi

“Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett