Quote of the Day: Lawrence Welk on Creativity

If you’ve been carrying a quiet weight and wondering whether you have the energy to keep showing up, let this line be your permission to stay human without surrendering your momentum: “There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them.”

It’s a deceptively useful sentence. Most of us feel pressure to label the moment, good, terrible, meaningful, unfair, because a label turns discomfort into a story. But this phrasing refuses to dramatize. “One of them” is a small shrug that creates space between you and the day you’re having. In that space, you regain choice: you can respond instead of react, adjust instead of abandon.

Try it as a mental tool. When something breaks, when the meeting goes sideways, when your own mood is uncooperative, name it plainly: “This is one of them.” Then ask a better question: What is the next workable step? Not the perfect fix, just the next beat. That mindset turns annoyance into resilience and turns disappointment into direction. It’s gentle, but it’s not passive; it’s composure with a plan.

Lawrence Welk earned credibility the hard way, rising from a North Dakota farm boy and accordionist to a celebrated bandleader and the steady host of a long-running national variety show, where live performance demanded calm under pressure and grace under surprise.

Today, practice the Welk method: write down one thing that “went wrong,” then choose one small corrective action you can complete in under ten minutes, send the clarifying email, tidy the workspace, take the walk, reset the schedule. Keep the tone light, keep the tempo steady, and let humor carry you to the next number.