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LOVE in
Without self-love, we might as well be dry-potting plants.
JOY up
I submit to you that JOY is an act, a verb. At the very least it’s a choice.
A hard choice to focus on the things in our lives that bring us JOY
We can choose JOY. We can choose to hold fast to those things in our lives that bring us JOY.
PEACE out
PEACE is like health in that we don’t notice it so much as we notice its absence. We notice when it is disrupted.
HOPE on
Here’s the deal, we have to have HOPE to keep going. If we give up on being published or recognized or even finished, that’s it. No one is going to do it for us.
Self-Care Week (happy thanksgiving)
My work depends on my creativity, and so taking care of my creativity is just as important as taking care of my physical needs.
It’s PREPTOBER!
Hello, hello, hello again, and welcome back.
It’s time to get some WRITING done!
Next month is NANOWRIMO, which, if you don’t know, is
NATIONAL
NOVEL
WRITING
MONTH
The challenge is simple but grueling:
Write 50 THOUSAND words….any words at all…in 30 DAYS.
Happy Fall, Y’all!
I’m back.
My confidence has taken a hit the last few months and you, my dears, have suffered as well.
Instead of following my pledge to document my struggle, I’ve suffered in silence, licking my wounds in hibernation.
NO MORE.
PEACE on Earth
What to say about PEACE?
There was a time when PEACE was the only thing I wanted. My brother asked me years ago what it was I was seeking or missing in my life that made me so miserable. My answer was PEACE.
As with all these ADVENT pillars, PEACE is not something that just appears in our lives. We have to find it and make it a priority.
I usually have plenty of PEACE and quiet in my life, but this holiday season has not been peaceful or quiet. There's been a lot of noise around me the last few days, but I have been peaceful inside.
I realized PEACE isn't the absence of noise; it is patience with the noise.
JOY to the World
Don't forget the little things.
Wow.
JOY.
I'll be honest, I didn't anticipate these ADVENT pillars being as hard to write about as they are.
Unlike HOPE and LOVE, I can remember very clearly a time in my life when I was without JOY.
LOVE One Another
The simplest and hardest thing to do. At least for me. I don't think I'm alone.
LOVE is another hard subject. Again, I feel about it something like a calling, but I also feel very private about the things and people I LOVE. It's hard for me to define and hard for me to ask for, but it's maybe the most important thing we can do on this planet. It helps us to see other people through their own eyes.
Empathy is the greatest gift we give and receive.
HOPE in the Holidaze
Every year I struggle with Winter in general and the Holidays in particular.
Many of us are broken this time of year for a number of reasons. Perhaps we miss someone we love. Perhaps something awful happened to us. Perhaps we do not find pleasure or joy in what the world finds worthy of celebration. Perhaps we are The Grinch.
Whatever our reasons for not loving the Holidays, we deserve some time and space to celebrate that.
I HOPE that place is here and that time is now.
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