60 Seconds for Motivate Your Monday: You’re Not Dead Yet; You Can Still Dance!
Stories From Women Who Walk · 2026-02-09 · 3 min
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Hello to you listening in South Bend, Indiana ! Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk With 60 Seconds for Motivate Your Monday and your host, Diane Wyzga. The line on the birthday card from my sister goes like this: “The sun is up and you are alive to see it. Start there.” [Lin-Manuel Miranda] It’s just what I need to light my way in the early morning dark to the coffee pot in the kitchen. Following are 5 inspirations chosen for you. Dance with the one that calls today: “ Well, I've often felt that dreams are answers to questions we haven't yet figured out how to ask .” [David Duchovny playing the character Fox Mulder The X-Files 1995)] “ Roll out, snakes! It’s daylight in the swamp !” [The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich] “ Always remember Bilbo, when your heart wants lifting, think of pleasant things... Eggs and bacon. A good, full pipe. My garden at twilight. ” [Gandalf & Bilbo Baggins] " When nothing's working, it might be a cosmic conspiracy to get you to experiment ." [Caroline Casey] “ What’s really important is not the big things others have created but the continuous, each-by-each little things you are bringing into being.