There's an Aristophanes quote I love: By words the mind is winged.
I read news articles a lot. Pretty much on a daily basis. It's easy to get sucked into thinking that the sky is falling. It can get depressing.
Plus, sometimes things just aren't going the way you want them to. Sometimes, life isn't really going the way you want it to. But there's one thing I know - that words can inspire you, comfort you (hokey as that undoubtedly sounds).
You know that feeling you get when you read something that speaks to you? It's like it was written just for you. You read it aloud to yourself, again and again. Maybe try to memorize it. Write it down. This is an effort to compile quotes, articles, poems, etc. to wing the mind.
First up: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/05/14/152442084/alzheimers-patients-turn-to-stories-instead-of-memories.
"It turns out that for people with dementia, storytelling can be therapeutic."
I think storytelling can be therapeutic for everyone.
Here's to storytelling and words. And to beginnings.
