Lately I’ve Pondered. . . .
(from the newsletter)
“Never give up on a dream just because of the time
it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.”
—Earl Nightingale
When we’re caught up in the day-to-day, drowning in an endless cycle of “responsibilities” (I mean, how many loads of laundry *must* a family of four produce each week?), it’s so easy to forget that time is passing.
When I was younger, I knew I wanted to grow up and get married, but I’m not sure I envisioned anything past that benchmark. In another year, I will be staring down 40. The time is passing, and, looking back, I am grateful I have carved out a serious writing space in the last decade. Am I exactly where I want to be? Not necessarily. Because I find as I accomplish one goal, I immediately set another. I try to raise the stakes in my expectations for myself as much as I raise them in my stories.
There’s still so much I want to do—so much I want to learn and make happen. But all I really have is today and how I choose to spend whatever minutes I can spare for myself when I’m not staring down a pile of darks or folding towels into thirds. Writing is the dream, and the time is passing anyway.
So the point to ponder is this: what’s your dream, and what’s keeping you from making it happen?
Don’t let time run out on you.
Be Brilliant!
~Katie~
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