on the power of showing up
note: I wrote this post in April of 2019 (pre-COVID). It's been sitting in my drafts for quite a while, but I think it's time for it to see the light of day. It's been helpful for me to reread over the past few months, especially as I continue to try to make an effort to write, and I hope it can be helpful to you, too. i got an invite to a writers' group a few months ago, and i had never felt like more of a fraud in my life. it had been months, if not years, since i'd felt like a writer. the proverbial well of words in my heart had dried up, it seemed, and i wasn't sure if it was ever coming back. i agreed to go out of a sense of helplessness—i'd identified as a writer ever since i could remember. if i'm not a writer, who am i? i told myself that it was important to show up and act like a writer even when i didn't feel like one, because even though i hadn't been writing, i reassured myself, i still was a writer. but sometimes the words f
OH, that is one of my favorite Switchfoot songs!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteDo you have a formspring? (if so I'm blonde4christ)
ReplyDeleteMaybe a yotube (I'm fangirlwithmyheart)
If you do... you could TOTALLY add me! :D
xx,
Bleah Briann
eep! :) love that song!
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ReplyDeleteI do not have a twitter :( You should definietly make a formspring! They're fun! :D
OKay so, I figured the times pretty much by... the times when most people comment and when most people post. Pretty much the time when most people are online. :)
xx,
Bleah
Mmm... I love that song! I just recently bought it...One of my absolute favorite Switchfoot songs. :)
ReplyDeleteYour NW sister, Noelle
They're great lyrics!:)
ReplyDeleteOh my! This is one of my new favorite songs. I've only known about it a few weeks, but I love listening to it. The "Vitamin String Quartet" is pretty awesome the way they take a song and turn it into a wonderful piece of music. Thanks for sharing! Oh, and I do hope you had a LOVELY Christmas!
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