Keep Moving.

Albert Einstein said it well: "Life is like riding a bicycle. To Keep your balance, you must keep moving."  That's very good advice and helps us all to remember not to get stuck in a rut. Oh, it is so very easy to get bogged down when life's disappointments come our way. It's incredibly hard sometimes to want to just wallow in self pity, but instead getting right back on the horse...and or bicycle.  It may be just the ticket towards healing.

I have had several (what I perceive) as set backs in establishing myself as a writer in my new community.  I have several small victories as well, but sometimes I get so caught up in the disappointments that I lose perspective sometimes on the things that I have accomplished.

People have been so kind and I really like my new community but I can't help but get the distinct feeling that there is still a certain degree of apprehension towards the "new folks" in town.  Call me paranoid, maybe...but I still get this feelings from several different outlets for my writing that maybe I am just pushing a little too hard.  Perhaps I need to live her longer to have a true "pulse" on the community.  Then the old insecurities surface again... Gosh maybe I am a terrible writer and why do I even try? Then it ricochets back again and I look at the fact that I already have been published here several times. Just have to tell myself to breath and perhaps give things time.  Sometimes when disappointments like this happen it opens your eyes to other opportunities.  As the saying goes: When God closes a door, he opens a Window. True. I have just embarked on another writing project I am very excited about: A book of Remembrance based on my Grandma's diaries.

It's a project that is a long time coming.  When my Grandmother passed, she wanted me to have the diaries since I am the "writer" in the family.  As I have started this project I have shared joy, laughter, tears and remembrances in the readings and also the discussions with family members.  I want so very much for the book to be a wonderful keepsake and a remembrance to those who shared their life with her and loved her.

So I have to keep plugging forward and put current missteps behind me. Half the battle is just keeping writing and hence here I am at the keyboard. Thanks for listening.