Don't I look awesome? I figured this would be a fun shot for you to giggle over.
I'm sitting down to write for the first time in a long
time. I really love writing. I just don't set aside the time for it like I
should. One of my goals for the next 12
months is to grow my blog. EEEK. Just saying that makes my stomach feel queasy
and my self esteem to quake. Who really
wants to hear (or read) the inner workings my mind churns out? I'll be reading up on how to
"advertise" my blog. If anyone
has any ideas, suggestions or experience, PLEASE, I am begging you for
help.
When I started blogging, I really looked at it as a form of
online journaling. My husband thought my
writing was great and asked me to share with our friends and family. Since that time, I have had many people tell
me I need to continue writing, be published and build a bigger blog base. I'm not really sure if it will take off, but
I want to try and see. So. Share my blog. Repost my writing. Pray for the words to come from my mind to
the page, to people's hearts. To be
encouraging. To be uplifting. To be.
To let others know they aren't alone.
To let others laugh at my crazy.
I've struggled a long time and done many things, and haven't
done other things because what my heart had been and is longing for is to be
known. To be known and loved anyway. To be known and acknowledged. To be known and important.
We all are. ALL OF
US. I want to spread the knowing
around. I want to be the one that says :
Hey- you! Yes, you, I see you over
there. I see you feeling alone,
unimportant, overwhelmed, unworthy, unlovable, tired, angry, and needing a
place to rest, I see you. You are
important. You are needed. You are loved. You are known. You are worth holding space for, it's yours,
it's unique and it makes a difference in this world.
We're not all meant to be famous (or infamous,) but we are
made with purpose. And at the very
start and end of all of our purpose is to love each other even when we know
each other. That doesn't mean we'll
agree with everyone, or even like everyone, but we can be kind and loving. It's our choice. Oh how I make the wrong choice a million
times a day. But the beauty is, as long
as we're alive, we get another chance. I
don't want to just get through another day, or month or year, I want to live
it. I want love it.
I want to show it out loud, in a lavish and life breathing
way. And it terrifies me to try and do
it publicly because it's a sure bet I will fail. A lot.
Every day.
So I'll take some deep breaths, say a lot of prayers, and
hope you all will hang on for a wild and wonderful ride.
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