I go to my journal, my mentor,
asking my spiritual muse to direct my hand, not just for commercial success,
but for courage to share insights that speak to the greater good. I hope my
words can touch the heart and spark a flame for change or contemplation. This sounds
somewhat like a lofty ‘vision statement’ popular in today’s business world. I
see this goal in my novel writing. Not so my blog. I have suffered over this
blog, trying to write “something” each week, something worthy of printing.
Every conference I’ve attended in
the past ten years has stressed the need for an electronic presence. In January
I committed to blogging weekly. The whole thing seemed ego centric. Why
would anyone want to read my words? Yet, I have learned to honor a deadline –
not always successfully. I have written poorly and poetically, through personal
good weather and bad. The words have tossed me or swung me gently into
admission. I realize my best blogs are personal. Those honest glimpses of fatty
humanity I tend to hide under blousy adjectives. When I’m willing to share,
exposing those hidden rolls where we all live, that’s when I’m worth reading. I’m
finding it’s not about the product, but the process. This is true with
my writing as in life.
Keep your feet on the path.
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