Life is 10% What Happens
February 4, 1998
5:56 a.m.
 We were playing hang-man last night, Brigid and me, and she chose the quotation at the left. When I realized what she had chosen, I had one of those "wow" moments. Nine years old. I want her to have a happy life, to be well-adjusted, and to look back on her childhood years as stable and somehow more important than can be placed into words. And then she comes up with this quotation. Yeah, I know it's not originally hers. Actually, I think it's Dale Carnegie's, but who knows . . . maybe he stole it from someone else. That's not the point. I received another rejection a day or two ago, this from Gordon Van Gelder at F&SF (fingers crossed for you Michael!). And I carted five manuscripts to the post office yesterday. The Ebb and flow of a writer's life, you know. I've woke up a little later than normal the past couple mornings, and really haven't gotten much writing accomplished. Normally, I think I would be a little anxious right now, feeling the shadowy first hint of frustration and panic creeping up along my spine. But life is only ten percent what happens. Have a great day.   Congratulations to both Lisa Silverthorne and Mary Soon Lee for placing reprint stories in the Dutch publication Visionair!  Daily Persistence is © Ron Collins |
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"I am convinced that life is ten percent what happens and ninety percent how I react." Brigid Collins |
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