Quotes from Jill Telford

Start each day asking, "How do I want others to feel?" Then act accordingly. xo

A poem a day keeps the doctor away.

Start each day asking, "How do I want others to feel?" Then act accordingly.

There is no way to clearly capture or sum up life...when fully lived.

The only reality is the now. Why live in the tomorrows and the yesterdays? Live now.

I wish we lived in a world where we'd be able to survive off our talents not money

Write as though your life depended on it.

Learning is not filling up a box but seeing and imagining what we can create with it.

Yesterday I smiled, tomorrow never came and today is what I'm living.

Just do what makes sense.

Love what you do and your heart will lead the rest of the way.

Sticks and stones may break your bones but words will never hurt. Lies. Words hurt. The words we remember. Well, the hurt feeling the words caused stays with us forever.

The only thing we should scream into the world is love.

Be the kind of grown up you needed as a child.

Most often it is in heartache that we love more boldly.

We are all different. God made us that way. Drawing a line in the sand due to that is indeed unfortunate.

I work backwards with the ending in mind as I create art, stories, poems and books. Always in a process of becoming.

Create something. Create something ugly. Create something beautiful. I don't care what it is. Create it.

I don't live to work. I work to live. Before I die, I know I lived.