Well, it's New Year's Eve.... another year come and nearly gone.... Wish I could think back on what I wanted to accomplish and sort the have dones from the maybe next years, but it's gone by as such a blur.... I did want to finish my novel by year's end, but fell flat as I let life get in the way and second guess myself....
Don't do that.
Life cannot and should not get in the way of a life that is yours to live. It's all a matter of choice -- especially the derailments.
And, trust in yourself. Who else do you have???
“Better to write for the self and have no public than to write for the public and have no self.” Cyril Connolly (critic & editor 1903-1974)
This is what I hope to live by in the coming year, if nothing else. One's work should always have a soul and writing it for another's standards is a surefire way to remove it. A writer should always be themselves; not another's word hound. So sad a lesson to have learned the hard way, but one I'm sure to be better for it.
Tonight I've spent locked in front of the tv's weather radar -- twisters moving in -- and not organizing the chaos for a clean start to a new year. Though, I did make great headway this afternoon. For that, I am proud of myself.
My hopes for the new year: find peace within myself once more, take just one more step to making my life as I wish it to be -- I'm not as far off as I think sometimes. After all, it's already my life. So far, so good! And I wish to finish my novel; contribute to more charities (make an impact for the better) and be a good spouce (though, I've heard no complaint in the three years so far, I still wish to keep it that way. ;) Mine has been so great to me -- the love of my life).
Run of the mill, maybe, but also no. My life, my hopes, my impacts are like no other's. And to that I hold for strength in the coming year. Hard times are sure to follow. And all I have to do is outnumber them with my own positive views.
To all, Happy New Year!!!
To self, good job, for I know you'll do well...(the one pat on the back I allow myself for the year)
Well, it's New Year's Eve.... another year come and nearly gone.... may we make the most of what's left and blaze a trail through the one to come.... if each day is a clear slate then the next year has 365 to give....may we all use them well....
- Shadow
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