Rebecca's Write Inspirations

Poetry is often a window to the soul. It's a beautiful way to tell stories, and I feel it's a way we reveal who we are, who we were, and who we are meant to be through the images we put into words. I've enjoyed a variety of poets throughout my life, and I feel as if their names might be familiar to you. Those classic authors who capture a part of their soul in verse to help us see the world through their eyes and their truths. We can appreciate the dark mystery of Edgar Allan Poe . His gothic twist on suspense and horror are renowned for his style choices in using point of view, word choice, imagery, tone, sentence structure, and overall ambiance of death and love. This author's world of words never fails to deliver, and he still is amassing followers as new generations read his work and are affected by the powerful psychology and foreshadowing his work presents. John Keats has been heralded as a great contributor to the British Romantic literary movement. Durin...

As some of you may know, I've already given a review and breakdown of Brené Brown's book The Gifts of Imperfection . Loving this book, I wanted to read and learn more from her. She is a self-help guru that I have come to respect and find some of her sayings and insights becoming a part of my mental routine. So, I got into Daring Greatly , and I have to say, it scared me a bit. Daring Greatly starts off with a profound quote by President Theodore Roosevelt . His speech where this quote comes from was given at the Sorbonne in Paris, France. On April 23, 1910, he delivered his "Citizenship in a Republic Speech," and as author Brené Brown shares with us, it is sometimes referred to as "The Man in the Arena" speech . I'm going to quote the same portion of this famous speech that Brown quotes on the very first page of her book as she shares what it means to "dare greatly" because it essentially sets us up for the whole book's purpose...