Handwritten Card

Handwritten Card of Encouragement, signed by Johnny Longnose!

Great reminder piece for your bedside table, your refrigerator, or your counter. Never forget the story of Johnny Longnose and the mantra fish climbs tree, fish climbs tree.

Sample handwritten message:

Hey you,

I know it probably feels messy right now… like nothing’s quite working the way you hoped. I’ve been there.....I spent much of my life there. Days upon days standing in front of a half finished canvas, wondering if I should just stop.
Just like Nana told me, “It's only failure if you quit, hang in there little fish.”

So keep going. Don’t quit. Not here, not now.
You might just be one more brushstroke away.

— JL

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You discover Johnny Longnose...

 at his lowest, when he stumbles into a local paint shop.

Behind the counter is an older woman named Nana who looks at Johnny as if she's been waiting for him all day. Nana's smile is soft and kind and she recognizes the pain in Johnny's eyes, so she offers him a seat and a cup of saffron tea. Johnny pours his heart out to her about how his home was destroyed by "The Storm of the Century”.

Nana listened and listened and when Johnny was done he was breathing heavy with tears in his eyes.

Nana then tells Johnny a story. The story of: 

The Fish That Climbed A Tree.

Because of this, Johnny is inspired to keep going when things get hard.

When he wants to give up, he remembers the mantra:

"fish climbs tree, fish climbs tree, fish climbs tree"

🐠🌲

It doesn't mean try harder, it means just don't quit...keep going.

"You don't know which storm is carrying your wave" - Nana