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A Warm Cup of Inspiration ☕
I have a favorite page on Facebook that I rarely take the time to visit. It’s full of all sorts of wonderful things, from pretty images to pretty words, and perhaps most important, coffee! And so when the ideas for this month’s theme and topics were settled on, I immediately asked page creator, Lisa Andrews Selph to share some of her warmth with us here. ~Joy, editress Introduction: my name is Lisa and I live near Memphis, Tennessee in a small town in Mississippi. I am also the owner of a small but humble Facebook page that is my hobby called Coffee and Quotes. As it says on my page I like to, "Share daily quotes that I find inspiring and thoughtful as the day breaks over the Delta! Hoping that others might enjoy them too! Open for all to join! My mission -- to encourage and inspire others with a thought for the day! Quotes... Since 2008 I have enjoyed posting quotes to my personal page and decided it was time to put it out there for others! Hope you enjoy them as much as I do! Share my page!" After going through tough times and surviving as a single Mom (including moving back home from Florida after 20 years during mid-life) I discovered that a new day, a warm cup of coffee and a lovely quote could do wonders in starting a conversation with others and lifting my spirits as well. I also started sharing my quotes and realized that not only did it connect, it resonated with others. My love for literature and quotes was also fueled by
going back to school for my bachelors later in life. I won't bore you here but suffice it to say I love women writers and enjoy analytical papers. Particularly, writings during the 1800's in a patriarchal society -but we'll save that for another time. Going back in mid-life, I have to admit I was a little more excited over Brit Lit and Philosophy than some of my 19 year old counterparts. I especially want to encourage others that if you have college dreams, it is never too late and you can't start soon enough. Follow your dreams. Because of my love for education, for women especially, I support a group that does fundraisers for women's scholarships. Getting back to the quotes, during my studies, the beautiful thing to me about studying great literature, writers or philosophy -- is that it can connect with us over time no matter how long ago it was written or how contemporary. You can appreciate Plato, Socrates, Twain, Thoreau just as much as a J.K. Rowling if they said something that connects with -96-
