excerpt from Julia Cameron's beautiful book, "Transitions":
"You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
"Optimism in the face of uncertainty is a difficult art. The terrain of life is varied and mysterious. I cannot always see the path ahead. At times my view is shadowed by doubt, constricted by fear. The open vistas of optimism are closed to me. In such shortsighted times, I must practice the discipline of positive attitudes. I must consciously choose to expect a benevolent future despite my shaken faith..."My mother has always taught me to do the thing I think I cannot do....