I got my mom a calendar of daily inspirational quotes (BTW, those daily calendars are a lie. They do one sheet for the weekend, and so you end up with less than 356 pieces of inspiration) for Christmas. We decided that we’d share the quotes, and talk about them.
Every day, given my mom is on the East Coast, I wake up to a quote. I spend a half a day thinking about it, and then I respond. Then we banter back and forth.
Sometimes it’s really lighthearted. Sometimes it’s deep. But every day I really look forward to it. It’s quickly become one of my favorite daily traditions. Some top ones so far (for either quote or because of the discussion) in my opinion have been:
- Ability will never catch up with the demand for it (good quote to remember)
- If I were to begin life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my eyes a little more. (good conversation)
- What I do today is important because I am exchanging a day of my life for it (good quote to remember)
- Don’t cry because it’s over; smile because it happened (really great conversation)
And there’s actually a bunch more (and it’s only February).