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
I love these videos!!! I just think they're wonderful. Isn't it wonderful? Oh, sorry.
ReplyDeleteHahahahahaha!! I had no idea that Josh Groban had so much funny in him! I love his music, but I would never have thought that he was funny. Also, I didn't know that carrots had vitamin 'vrmmf', interesting.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
iGirl
Oh, my. Didn't know he was that funny. :D Hilarious!!
ReplyDeleteAmazingly, hilariously awesome. I literally laughed out loud!
ReplyDeleteAnd you know what's funny? We have those same stainless steel mixing bowls in our kitchen. LOL!
well.....Josh certainly is pretty funny! :D
ReplyDeletemiss you a bunch, girl!! Oh, and I awarded you. ;)
loooooove ya,
~Lily