As I patiently watched this one tip-toe gingerly up the tree bark feeling its way and possibly sniffing the air for any form of danger like birds and lizards, I am reminded that we all are insects flying in the winds of life.
Grooming and pampering – Every day beautiful people
Don’t Sabotage Your Writing Career Before It Takes Off
Sabotaging Your Writing Career Before It Takes Off
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Yes, we all learn from our mistakes, however, we don’t have to make all the mistakes before we learn. We can equally learn from the mistakes of others.
In the pursuit of our writing careers, there are mistakes that have the potential to truncate it even before it begins. I am not excited to say that I have made a good number of them and still working to dig myself out of my errors.
I am equally ashamed to say that I fall into the category of writers with piles of half-finished stories and essays yet to be polished and sent to potential publishers.
The great thing is that though these mistakes might derail your quest for a while, with the right approach, you can get back on track.
Writing ‘A Pipe Dream.’
I’ve met a lot of would-be writers who are either ‘working on a book,’ or planning ‘to start working’ on one – when they can find the time – and most of them have worked on that elusive book of theirs for years and years that they’ve even forgotten what the story was about in the first place.
Interestingly, they don’t share their attempts with anyone. They also hardly bother to read guides, blogs or articles that could help to improve their writing career. If you are such a closet writer who fails to show your work to anybody and unable to compare it to what’s obtainable out there, you are living in that highly deceptive fantasy land that your work is fabulous.
For some reason, lots of nonfiction writers think that writing a how-to book, a memoir or an autobiography is easier to write than fiction and this is far from the truth.
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Echoes of Sacraments, Iftar, This and That
In recent weeks echoes around my neighbourhood have been on the calm and reflective sided.
From my children receiving their Sacraments of Holy Communion and Confirmation, to The Ramadan season, it’s been a time of spiritual inflections. It has been a time of expressions of love, kindness, and generosity that cuts across boundaries of faith or ethnicity. I see people of all works of life come together in ways that make my heart full and appreciative of humanity.
Interestingly, my personal life hasn’t gotten any slower though the tempo around the region is slower and the blazing heat is intense.
Just A Little Thought
We can’t sweep our sad moments under the rug just to pretend that they don’t exist and then heap happy platitudes on top of them.
To heal we must bring them to light. Air them out. Cry. Shout. Do what you need to do. But don’t swallow them.
That’s no way to fix what’s broken. Hiding them away is like putting a plaster on a festering wound. It’s not being courageous to bottle it all up, rather it takes courage to seek resolution.
If you are hurting in any way, seek for a reliable, supportive person to talk to, if you have no one to talk to, free write it all out even if it’s anonymously and send it out there.
Be well.
Jacqueline
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Where do you find your happiness? An insightful article that’s worth the time to read it.
Sophisticated lady bringing back sexy
Deborah is a beautiful sister and her zest for life inspires me.
Here are my thoughts about this insightful post. May I never get comfortable straying too far from God.
I always know when I’ve trailed away from God’s path. Everything in me becomes stressed out and out of sync. He never leaves us even when we wonder – I feel that he stays at a distance and allows us our free will to come back.
Homey and makes you smile. I like order in the kitchen. It makes life easier.
This is such a beautiful, profound piece of art that leaves me feeling solemn.
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Midnight Motivation and Musings – A Mouthful of Food
No one gets a mouthful of food by picking between another person’s teeth.
As I sat in a reflective mode of the things that I need to do, this old adage that my dad used to say sprouted in my mind and it was just as if I heard him repeat ‘no one gets a mouthful of food by picking between another person’s teeth.’
We sit and plan for things that we would do in future and sometimes from afar, we look at those who are doing things that we hope to do and the time just keeps ticking by.
We can learn from others, but when we don’t put our learnings and experience to use, it becomes a futile effort.
Someone could take crumbs from their table and give to another, but it would still remain crumbs that are given when the other person is inclined to do so.
Full of Air
It’s a surprise he hasn’t floated away with all those balloons.
Bloom and Shine – Ronovan writes weekly haiku challenge
Micro Moments – My Thinking Corner
Many times we are too busy chasing after the bigger picture that we fail to see the mini bits that make it up.
What are your expectations from life?
“You can’t predict the future. What you can do is let go of the baggage of your past (so far so good) and move forward without expectations.”
Do you have any or do you think that you should let go of having any like this quote below from Jason Harvey, the author of Achieve Anything in Just One Year: Be Inspired Daily to Live Your Dreams and Accomplish Your Goals
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