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By dayā¦she is an humble School Nurseā¦by night and early morningā¦Super Bloggerā¦exploring unknown worldsā¦armed only with wordsā¦letters and punctuationā¦she is skilled in the use of a semicolonā¦hyperboles are no match for herā¦she scales the highest similes like a cat with a climbing gearā¦
And yetā¦she canāt come up with a thing to sayā¦funny how that happensā¦some days itās easyā¦the words almost type themselvesā¦and othersā¦wellā¦they just donāt flow at allā¦
Honestlyā¦my writing often takes its own turnā¦I start out in one directionā¦and suddenlyā¦Iām in a totally different place than I had intendedā¦but usually one that is much betterā¦
Bertha saysā¦thatās how it goes in lifeā¦I have a direction all plottedā¦I think it is where I want to goā¦and something comes along and gets me off courseā¦I whineā¦I complainā¦I stomp my feetā¦and then suddenlyā¦find myself in a unfamiliar placeā¦one I never even imaginedā¦but then I realizeā¦it is exactly where I need to beā¦
I guess thatās what sheās been trying to tell me this afternoonā¦as I sat at the keyboardā¦typing around in circlesā¦typeā¦highlightā¦deleteā¦typeā¦highlightā¦deleteā¦not getting anything meaningful on the pageā¦Iām trying too hardā¦Iām forcing itā¦when all I had to doā¦was let it flowā¦quit trying to make it do what I thought it had to doā¦
Hmmmā¦sounds like contemplation chair timeā¦contemplation imageā¦thoughtsā¦like leavesā¦fluttering in the windā¦landing where they willā¦
Jane
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"all I had to doā¦was let it flowā¦quit trying to make it do what I thought it had to doā¦"
Amen. This is the story of my life these days… all this uncovering of essential self and trusting what you hear, and letting things flow… well – it's hard work darn it LOL!!
Jenn…I don't know why that is the hardest thing to do…maybe it's the lesson we're all meant to learn…