Sometimes I get lost among my things and I tend to forget that I'm the main resource for myself. That's why it's important to pay attention to my inner needs, to feed myself emotionally and intellectually and to turn to myself with love. Since throughout my life it's been me who has fought through with me the hard moments when one could be there, when no one supported me, when no one encouraged me. So every single day when I look into the mirror in the morning, with an encouraging look I whisper to myself to give me strength for the future: To me You are my Hero! /Agatha Seymour/ You are welcome at my website: agathaseymour.com and my Facebook page!
When All Seems Lost — and Even When It Doesn’t… As a writer, I read more than average. Not necessarily books that fall within my immediate interests, but rather those I can learn from, marvel at, analyze word by word, and sometimes even those that demand more effort from me than usual. That is how it is with Alice Munro. I bought my first book by her when she received the Nobel Prize. Then life happened, and the volume sat on my bookshelf—either I had no time for it, or it lingered somewhere at the bottom of my list of priorities. When I finally picked it up, I could hardly believe my eyes—or my reaction. First, I was utterly outraged; my blood pressure shot through the roof in an instant, and I almost started swearing in disbelief. I had barely skimmed the first few lines, yet that was enough to know: it was perfect. A true masterpiece. Excellence among the excellent. Every word reached the deepest layers of my soul. I was touched by its purity, its delicacy, the noblest simpli...
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