ROSANNE CASH’S EPIPHANAL MOMENT Recall Rosanne’s dream, in which “Art” turned to her with disdain and said, “We don’t respect dilett antes.” That was Rosanne’s All is Lost Moment. Here’s her Epiphanal Moment (from her memoir, Com posed ). “From that moment I changed the way I approached songwriting, I changed how I sang, I changed my work ethic, and I changed my life. I went deeper into every process involved with writing and musici anship. “I remained completely humbled by the dream, and it stayed with me through every waking hour of completing King’s Record Shop … I vowed the next record would reflect my new commitment. I had come to feel curiously like a neophyte in the studio after the dream. Everything seemed new, frightening, and tremendously exciting. I had awakened from the morphine sleep of success into the life of an artist.” Writing Seminar, Nashville, 2019 That’s will. That’s the product of the Epiphanal Moment. That’s an artist taking charge of her destiny and her life.

Nothing can enlighten people’s lives and ease their burdens more than the understanding that they should serve God.

Religious disbelief and neglect is a great evil, but prejudice and lies are even worse.

—PLUTARCHUS

Life is short.

Do not forget about the most important things in our life, living for other people and doing good for them.

—MARCUS AURELIUS

The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

—MATTHEW 20:28

Pay goodness for evil.

We should be like trees that give fruits to those who throw stones at them.

You should accept yourself, not as a master, but as a servant, and then all your bad feelings, your anxiety, alarm, uncertainty, and dissatisfaction will be changed into calmness and peace.

You will be filled inside with a clear vision of your purpose, and with a great joy.