22/07/2026
…..whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. BEGIN IT NOW.
This famous quote is traditionally attributed to the German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. However, literary sleuths have traced its true origin to Scottish mountaineer W.H. Murray’s 1951 book 📕’The Scottish Himalayan Expedition’, where he reflected on the transformative power of commitment.
The bold magic of dreams in action. I think it was Elizabeth Gilbert in Big Magic, who said that if you have an idea for a book or something and you don’t act on it, the idea will transfer to someone else who might then action it, leaving you feeling resentful and possibly upset.
I remember thinking: WOW! That’s such a great explanation. In 2005, I went to a book launch and sat up reading it all night crying and thinking….. I’ve had those thoughts for so long - but did not do anything with them.
If you have an idea for a book, a play, a small business, act on it. But if not and you see it springing up somewhere else by someone else, remember what Elizabeth Gilbert said 😉🩷
