“To be engrossed by something outside ourselves is a powerful antidote for the rational mind, the mind that so frequently has its head up its own ass—seeing things in such a narrow and darkly narcissistic way that it presents a colo-rectal theology, offering hope to no one.” Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird Navel-gazing is one thing. A “colo-rectal theology” puts
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There’s no other goal. And yet, so often, it feels like the only thing I can’t manage to do. So I’m constantly searching for help. It’s a perk of running a site for writers as long as I have—I get the direct benefit. All the great insights and stories of writers struggling just like all of us, people you’d think
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Being real isn’t easy. It isn’t commonly practiced. It isn’t valued. Yet some folks have the idea that it’s becoming too common and we need to be careful about being transparent. They don’t agree we should promote more honesty and openness. Make no mistake, there is a battlefield over vulnerability. “…but once you are real you can’t become unreal again.
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It’s true now as it’s been true so often before. I have to back up. I’m trying too hard. How do I let go, not try so hard? Do I have to give up? Walk away? Maybe come back later when I’m not so focused on the result and can remember to enjoy the process. I can get so results-oriented,
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“Forget, men, everything On this earth newborn, Except that it is lovelier Than any mysteries.” ~ EDWARD THOMAS, from The Trumpet, in Poems, 1917, written shortly before he was killed in action in France during WW1, by a final round of fire as he stood to light his pipe. Sure, we all struggle with different things. But we all
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