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
Hehe! That's awesome. :)
ReplyDeleteHa! I laughed at that tweet this morning and thought it was rather clever! That must've made you smile like the lyrical deer in the headlights. ;)
ReplyDelete~Keaghan
*chuckles*
ReplyDeleteThat's so not fai. I officially want a twitter. I may just ask for one. ;)
ReplyDeletexx,
Bleah
How EPIC! Congrats! You must have been ecstatic. ;D
ReplyDeleteSky! You have been awarded: http://charityrocks1.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-have-liebster-blog.html
ReplyDeletePS the comment moderation that I have to type is "thing." They're running out of made up words.
Ha! That's classic. X) I am also a fan of cheesy puns... so, when I saw that you RT'd that, I got a nice chuckle. Makes it even better to know it was (probably...no, DEFINITELY) inspired by you! ;) Good plan, not accepting this as coincidence. heehee.
ReplyDelete--Abigail