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Category: the journey of life
Climbing Mountains, Chasing Dreams
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“Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.”
– Langston Hughes
from http://thechoiceanewbook.wordpress.com/ and www.lifeisgodsnovel.wordpress.com
You may also like these videos along “the journey of life”
Enjoy
https://craigswritingjourney.wordpress.com/2014/11/27/climbing-mountains-chasing-dreams-2/
“All our dreams can come true…if we have the desire (burning) courage; passion; persistence and patience* to pursue them…long enough.”
the three Pees”
“Together, one mind, one life (one small step at a time), let’s see how many people (and lives) we can encourage, impact, empower, enrich, uplift and perhaps even inspire to reach their fullest potentials…and strive for and perhaps one sunny day even achieve their wildest dreams.”
Writers on “Skid Row”
Jamie Whincup Burnout – Celebrating his third V8 Supercars championship
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, ‘Wow! What a Ride!”
– Hunter S Thompson
“I want to write the way Australian Super-car driver, Craig Lowndes drives and power-slides his powerful V8 Holden Super-car… with wild enthusiasm and a sense of abandonment, yet combined with the artists craft and smooth style of a Jamie Whincup (craig’s team-mate), a Stirling Moss, a Jim Clark, and especially that of the great Ayrton Senna, living on the razor-blade edge of life.”
(thanks Craig and Jamie, for the great pleasure you give me watching “you guys” race here “across the ditch” on TV)
“a petrol-head (and definitely not an “arty-farty airey-fairey type”) writer”
The various books that Craig “felt inspired to write” (including his various books on his great passion, motor racing and Formula 1) are available at
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=la_B005GGMAW4_sr?rh=i%3Abooks&field-author=Craig+Lock
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4 and http://goo.gl/vTpjk
All proceeds go to needy and underprivileged children –
MINE!
“Together, one mind, one life at a time, let’s see how many people we can impact, empower, uplift and encourage to reach their fullest potentials.”
PPS
“Be bold and unseen forces come to one’s aid.”
A “Traitor’s” Heart
“It might be hard for you to understand this being an outsider; but South Africa holds the souls of its sons and daughters in an almost inescapable gasp. History cast all of us in a strange and gripping drama, but I had deserted the stage. I had no idea what my role was, and felt I would never be whole until I found out!”
– fine writing by Rian Malan in his “compelling” book
My Traitor’s Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe, and His Conscience
and thanks Rian for providing the inspiration to me to recount my memoirs.
How a “South African “Moegoe”* became “politically aware”…
* I don’t really know how to explain that word
Thanks, once again, Madiba for all you have done for the “always beloved country”
This little e-book of memories is for you and all South Africans
(written in the very dark days of June 1992)
The various books that Craig “felt inspired to write” are available at: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=la_B005GGMAW4_sr?rh=i%3Abooks&field-author=Craig+Lock&sort=relevance&ie=UTF8&qid and http://goo.gl/vTpjk
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The Writing Journey: Where Did It All Begin?
The Writing Journey: Where Did It All Begin?
from
https://craigswritingjourney.wordpress.com/
and
http://writingcraig.wordpress.com/tag/craigs-letters-to-newspapers/
While he was still manager at NZI Life, Craig decided to fill in some of the long and boring days by doing some research and writing on stress, goal setting, motivation etc. He also wrote a short book on how he became politically aware, which his secretary typed for him. He certainly had a way with words and a real talent for writing. Shortly after this, he was made redundant and just before he left the life insurance company, we purchased a word processor. Doing this was a bit of a gamble, seeing that neither of us knew the faintest thing about word processing. However, his secretary assured us that it would come in extremely useful for his writing. History proved her correct and the word processor is one of the best investments we have ever made.
-m
“Hope springs eternal”
from
Stirling : A Story of Hope and a Boy’s Dream
Stirling is available in paperback at http://www.amazon.com/Stirling-craig-g-lock/dp/1494333805
The Kindle version is available at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H1N6X1Y
“I was taught that everything is attainable, if you’re prepared to give up, to sacrifice, to get it. Whatever you want to do, you can do it, if you want to do it badly enough. However, most humans quit too soon in life.” *
– former British racing driver Stirling Moss’s famous quote
“The characters seem to represent the virtues and the resilience of the ‘little’ people, a story (or stories) to which we can all relate. In essence it’s about hope and faith: a tale (and tales) of the unquenchable spirit of tenacity in battling on, no matter what are our circumstances. And then eventually finding a way, a pathway to overcome personal adversity … and to ultimately succeed in glorious triumph.”
– anon
“When (and where) love endures, hope inevitably follows”
– the writer “
“A story (and stories) to bring hope to the human soul.” A short, yet rewarding tale of faith, hope and especially love, together with many of my various articles on my great passion motor racing* and the human mind .
* other than my boys, of course and South Africa
Sorry dear M!
Anyway. ENJOY…
c Sept 2011
The various books that Craig “felt inspired to write” (including ‘ Stirling and his various books on Formula 1) are available at:
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4
http://goo.gl/vTpjk and http://www.creativekiwis.com/amazon.html
All proceeds go to needy and underprivileged children –
MINE!
“Once you have travelled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.”
“Once you have travelled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.”
– Pat Conroy
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