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
Congratulations to the winner! :D
ReplyDeleteI wanted to let you know, Sky, I awarded you over at my blog here: http://musingsofanelf.blogspot.com/2013/04/brilliant-blog-bouquet-award.html Definitely nothing you have to do! I just wanted to pass it on to you.
Hope you're doing well! Blessings!
You've been awarded here .
ReplyDeleteThis is completely "off-subject," but... I wanted to ask, Sky, where did you find a code for your drop down menus - or did you code them yourself? I have been wanting to find a code for this and haven't yet. :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats to the winner, Bailey. :)
Lovely blog!
ReplyDeleteI tagged you here. =)
http://intothewesternwild.blogspot.com/2013/05/elevensies-tag.html