Jon Morrow: And So I Fight

Jon Morrow

In a previous post, Jon Morrow, Associate Editor of Copyblogger, shared his passion for life and his joy at doing work that makes a difference in people’s lives. Jon’s zest for living is all the more remarkable considering that he has a fatal disease and can’t move from the neck down. Here is another of his well-written, moving posts about how he came to be the amazing human being he is today.

On Dying, Mothers, and Fighting for Your Ideas

The doctor cleared his throat. “I’m sorry, but I have bad news.”

He paused, looking down at the floor. He looked back up at her. He started to say something and then stopped, looking back down at the floor.

That’s when Pat began to cry.

She’d argued with herself about even coming to the doctor’s office. Her baby was a year old, and he hadn’t started crawling yet. He tried, yes, dragging his legs behind him as he struggled to make it just a few feet on the floor, but it didn’t look right. Everyone told her that she was worrying over nothing, and maybe she was, but she told herself that she would take him to the doctor, just to be safe . . .

“Your son has a neuromuscular

Jon Morrow: You Can Do It!

In my post, “Life Is Short, Do What You Love,” I relate how I encouraged two coworkers to follow their dreams. To my delight, both of them took me up on it! If you’re still looking over the ledge at your life’s work and haven’t mustered up the courage to take a flying leap (Ray Bradbury said, “You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.”), I dare you—I double dog dare you!—to read this awesome post by professional blogger and all-around amazing human being Jon Morrow without getting inspired to do what you love to do for the rest of your life!

How to Quit Your Job, Move to Paradise and Get Paid to Change the World

After all, that’s the dream, right?

Forget the mansions and limousines and other trappings of Hollywood-style wealth. Sure, it would be nice, but for the most part, we bloggers are simpler souls with much kinder dreams.

We want to quit our jobs, spend more time with our families, and finally have time to write. We want the freedom to work when we want, where we want. We want our writing to help people, to inspire them, to change them from the inside out.

It’s a modest dream, a dream that deserves to come true, and yet a part of you might be wondering…

Will it?

Do you really have what it takes to be a professional blogger, or are you just being dumb? Is it realistic to make enough money from this to quit your job, or is that just silly? Can you really expect people to fall in love with what you write, or is that just wishful thinking?

Sure, it’s fun to dream about your blog taking off and changing your life, but sometimes you wonder if it’s just that: a dream. This is the real world, and in the real world, dreams don’t really come true.

Right?

Well, let me tell you a little story…

How I quit my job

Jon’s van

In April of 2006, I was hit by a car going 85 miles an hour.

I didn’t

“Through God’s Eyes”—Nancy’s Place

Our host, Nancy Williamson, helped me read excerpts from “Through God’s Eyes.” Photos courtesy of Christopher Gray.

We had a wonderful book reading for my book, Through God’s Eyes: Finding Peace and Purpose in a Troubled World, at my friend Nancy Williamson’s home in San Marcos, California, this afternoon. Sixteen guests joined Nancy and me in her living room to hear

A Featherweight Performance

Just when I thought I’d seen everything that could amaze me, along comes Miyoko Shida, who performed an astonishing

Happy Mother’s Day to the Momma!

Mom and me goofing around in my teenage years!

It’s Mother’s Day and that makes me sad. I’m sad for the millions and millions of people in the world who would give anything and everything they have to have grown up with a loving, caring and supportive mom like I did. I am one of the lucky ones who was