Hello, my friend!
I hope you’ve had an excellent week! I just got done recording a podcast and just have to say, podcasting has proven to be so enjoyable for me. Up until the start of this year, I thought the only form of “content creation” I was cut out for was blogging and writing books and articles and such, but that just goes to show that many times, all you have to do is dive into a new, somewhat scary, activity to prove it’s up your alley after all!
Have you tried anything new lately? I’d love to hear about it! Just send me an email at diana.tyler86@gmail.com.
Alrighty, time to jump into this week’s Top 4, in which I’m sharing quotes on Good Friday (which is tomorrow!), troublesome technology, becoming the best version of yourself, as well as my latest podcast episode on what I wish I’d known before getting pregnant!
THE GREATNESS OF GOOD FRIDAY
“What is good about Good Friday? Why isn’t it called Bad Friday? Because out of the appallingly bad came what was inexpressibly good. And the good trumps the bad, because though the bad was temporary, the good is eternal.” – Randy Alcorn
TAMING TECHNOLOGY
I’m currently reading a fantastic biography on the life of Anne of Green Gables author, L.M. Montgomery. In it, she describes the not-so-smooth transition L.M.’s (aka Maud) husband makes from the old-fashioned horse and buggy to the automobile:
“Ewan was maladroit when it came to anything practical or mechanical. Still, he learned how to crank the car to start it, then hustle back to the driver’s seat very quickly to keep the motor from dying. His family grew accustomed to lurches when he tried to get the car moving forward without killing the motor. Like many other drivers at that time, he had trouble remembering that the car was not a horse, and if he needed to stop quickly, his first impulse was always to yank backwards on the steering wheel, as if he were holding the horse’s reins, and yell “Whoa! Whoa!” Some found this endearing, others found it funny, but his young sons found it very embarrassing.”
― Mary Henley Rubio, Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Gift of Wings
BECOMING THE BEST VERSION OF YOURSELF
“On any given day, you may struggle with your habits because you’re too busy or too tired or too overwhelmed or hundreds of other reasons. Over the long run, the real reason you fail to stick with habits is that your self-image gets in the way. This is why you can’t get too attached to one version of your identity.
“Progress requires unlearning. Becoming the best version of yourself requires you to continuously edit your beliefs, and to upgrade and expand your identity.” – James Clear
PODCAST EPISODE: “WHAT I WISH I’D KNOW BEFORE GETTING PREGNANT”
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