Whether you go to church, work, play golf, run the river, or go the park on Sunday, Sundays are for wisdom. So I’ve decided to celebrate the wisdom of Sundays on the blog by doing regular “NW ‘Words’ of Life” every Sunday.
I’ll share a quote — something that resonated with me, moved me, inspired me or made me pause long enough to reflect on what I’ve just heard or read. I’ve got a separate hard drive in my head for great quotes and sound bytes, and they stick with me forever. My brother Nick and I often share them back and forth for a few laughs.
So in hopes that you’ll get a laugh or perhaps pause and reflect for a moment, I hope you join me every Sunday from here on out for “NW ‘Words’ of Life.” Here, then, is this week’s quote:
“Shut up and show it!” — Heather Nelson (my wife)
I LOVE simple, powerful quotes, and this one spoken by my wife Heather may be the ultimate. Germany’s Johann Wolfgang von Goethe allegedly wrote the beautiful but much wordier version, “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.”
It’s beautiful and I love Goethe’s words and wisdom. But Heather gets the same point across much more powerfully in just five words. Whatever your dream, your task, your challenge, your burden, get off your butt, stop the whining, lift your chin, look straight ahead, and…
