Jan8

real courage.

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seven year-old ernest hemingway, fishing at horton’s creek in michigan, 1906

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“the thing is to become a master

and in your old age

to acquire the courage to do

what children did when they knew nothing.”

-ernest hemingway

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  4. We work so hard working up the courage to do something and by that time it’s too late to do it.
    I’m still in the mama mode: “What would my mama think if I ever did this thing I’ve finally got the courage to do.” :(

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  8. I hadn’t read this quote or seen this photo before, so thank you for posting it. I was reminded of a quote from Picasso, so I Googled and found: “It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.” That joyous playfulness of a child where you don’t know “the rules” or you don’t care and you simply go with what the joy brings.

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  18. Hemingway has been on my mind lately. I’ve been reading bios on-line of him and American contemporary William Faulkner. Apparently they never met, but both won Pulitzer and Nobel prizes. They lived and died within two years of each other, in the transition between 1900s and 2000s. Both saw the effects of both world wars.

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    • yes, I think it means that by the time we are adults we will know more, which might put a chilling effect on things we might try that are out of our comfort zone. in childhood, the fears of trying and failing or seeing what will happen are not an issue.

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  29. I didn’t know I had this tiny Hemingway spark in me. I was so well adjusted for wahayyy too long and started acting my follies out when I had my son…. Great pic and fab quote.
    Happy New Year my friend.

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