Hi everyone! 

It’s been a while since I mused about anything. To tell you the truth, 2018 has been a wild ride so far, on a personal, professional, and blog-o-sphere way. 

Honestly, I don’t feel like explaining any of what has happened at this point. I just don’t feel ready. Let’s just say it’s not been easy, but I’m making it through and I’m tougher than ever. 

Suffice to say, I felt like I deserved a break. I didn’t wake up to the desire to muse again until this last week when I went to the Walt Disney Family Museum in the Presidio of San Francisco.

It was a chilly, foggy day with the sun and blue sky slightly peeking through. The Golden Gate Bridge was looking particularly gorgeous. 

My friend and I took a look downstairs in the museum before going off on a walking tour. I have always loved Disney animation, and to see the rough sketches of some of my favorite characters being developed was awesome.

As we were about to leave, my friend pointed to the wall and said “there’s a quote for you.”

Over some of the drawings was scrawled on the wall: “What you can do, or dream you can begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” 

I, like many people, have tons of dreams. I would love to write a book and/or cookbook someday, travel all over the world, particularly France, and deeply immerse myself in the food and wine world. 

Basically, what this message meant to me is this: if you dream it, make a plan, get organized, start at what you deem to be the beginning. I imagine my goals as a lump of stone that needs to be chipped away one piece at a time. I just have to have the audacity to start chipping away. The same is true for you. After a while, the sculpture starts to emerge.

Additionally appropriate was our visit to the Yoda Fountain at Lucasfilms, also in the Presidio. 

I recalled one of my favorite quotes of all time, said by Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back: “Do. Or do not. There is no try.”

Bold indeed.

I stepped away for a while to deal with some stuff, but I’m ready to be bold again. What do you have the audacity to create in your life?

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