Took me a long time to get here. Here being where I am now, writing freely in my own house. Took me a long time to get here because I am noticing the freedom of writing by hand. The critic is more silenced than when I am writing on the computer. So I may need to write all of my blog posts and fiction writing like this. I am okay with that. In fact, I am excited by the opportunity.
What do I have to say to the world? Be a part of your own life. Don't just live in the motions, be the motion. Understand the struggle is not you against the world but you against and for yourself. You are your own worst enemy or your own best friend. No other outside influence has more say over what you do than you and your own mind. Protect your mind, it can be a fragile thing. Protect yourself from onslaught from the outside, but more importantly from attacks launched from within.
I find I am filled with lots of negative self-talk, but I can see that I am turning the tide of that negative self-talk and beginning to make some positive in-roads against that negative self-talk. What can be more positive than to say, "I am worthy, just as I am. I am enough." If I died today, I would say I had a life well lived. There is still so much I want to do and be and experience, but I am content with my life lived up to this point.
Sometimes I don't know what to write, but then I just begin writing and I am lead somewhere I have never been before. I breaking new ground each time I pick up the pen.
There are two sides to my writing: the creating portion, and the editing portion. The editing portion is important to ensure a sense of clarity, but first must come the creative experience, and the more I get out of my own way, and allow for the creation to happen naturally, the more effective my communication will be. The more effective my communication is, the more powerfully my message will be delivered.
What is my message?
To be yourself. Through all things, just be yourself.
