“A great attitude becomes a great mood, which becomes a great day, which becomes a great year, which becomes a great life.”
Zig Ziglar
There is something to be said about a good attitude, a positive outlook, a peaceful state of mind… all can be influential on the rest of your days and the days of all those around you. So if you want to be in a good environment you have to produce a good environment yourself. Happiness can be contagious, pass it on!
Past letters…
“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
I choose this quote on a special day. Today, April 16, is World Semicolon Day. A semicolon is used when a writer takes a pause but the story goes on. It represents the troubles we have in life and we can take a pause but we are not done; our life goes on for another day. My life has been touched by suicide and this is a day I celebrate every April 16th. One of these years I am going to get my semicolon tattoo. Until then I pause to remember those without the “whys” who have stopped their stories. Those who still struggle daily. Those who have lost their way and feel trapped. Today I remember that their is a way out and asking for help is a difficult (but oh, so strong) thing a person can do. Life will go on; my story is not over yet.
For those in need of someone to talk to in the US please call 800-273-8255 for the suicide prevention help line
For more information go to project semicolon or see their Facebook page
Past letters…
I live… I did not dissolve into a puddle in the rain (for those days I am a close cousin to the Wicked Witch from Oz)… I did not forget how to type… I did not vacation in the stars on an alien spaceship… I have just been silent for a bit.
Life has gone on since I decided to stop writing daily posts. I did not disturb some cosmic force by changing things and I feel more relaxed. So, in my book that is a win. I did not really intend to take a break from reading too, but it seems I have done that as well. But I will shortly begin reading through post soon. Since I am more than two weeks behind I will probably not comment a lot. But I will read all I can!
Things have been ok… not great, but not awful either. I have dear friends I connect with regularly and I know I would be lost without this communication and love. Still have my doctor visits and health issues to monitor but day by day I continue. AND it is getting nicer outside all the time. Today they are expecting near 70 for a high… bring on Spring!
I am hoping to start posting more pictures again and I leave you today with a bonus. This was a small bunch I poured out of my bag of baby carrots. You take these little surprises with a smile and be glad your life has been enriched in some small way. May you all find a little extra today! (((HUGS)))
Itinerant – a person who travels from place to place. As a writer we are itinerant like, traveling from story to story through the words we weave together. However sometimes there are roadblocks and detours, and that is where I am at.
I don’t want to hate writing. I don’t want to lose my muse forever. Some changes need to be made to assure these things do not happen. I have been close to a post a day for 5 years now. Lately I am struggling to get posts done. It causes me anxiety and guilt which I don’t need to complicate my life. So, I had to come up with a plan.
I will no longer struggle to post a daily word prompt challenge (sorry Fandango!) but that doesn’t mean I wont occasionally join in on the prompt. I need to clear my head and sometimes the best way to do that is to write it out. I will be writing more on my own whether it be what I am feeling, hoping, reliving or just flat out dreaming. I will still come close to a post a day, but I will no longer demand it of myself.
I hope my readers will not be offended by this change in course. I feel I am just ready to relax a little and regroup my life. And my writing is a part of it. So, this week I will begin some changes. I hope you will all bear with me and stay along for the ride. I can’t promise it will always be fun, but I will always put a little bit of me into all I do.
Thanks for reading and sticking with me. May you all have a wonderful new month and remember Spring is just around the corner – HURRAH!
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – itinerant
I hereby renounce all claims that I am punctual. Ok, maybe not all claims. I can make it on time to about 75% of my appointments, I am good at picking my niece up and taking her to work and appointments, but lately on WP being prompt with posts… NOPE! Doesn’t seem like it is going to happen. I “reset” with the new year and am now a week behind again. How does this happen?
Partially due to an absent muse. Partially due to just plain and simply life taking top priority… like Monday I have an out-of-town appointment so there is the hour drive, the stress of all of it (dr appt, my first time seeing this doctor and the drive through heavy traffic) and I know that will cause me fatigue… so not a lot of fully functioning hours to get done all that should be done that day.
I know I have mentioned the spoon theory before, and it is excellent in explaining how chronic illness only allows you so much energy. Heck, after a day like Monday it has taken me out of commission for a couple of days before, depends on how it all goes. But I do promise to keep plugging along.
Hopefully soon my muse will whisper in my ear again and I will not struggle so with posts. I will do my best to keep up a post a day but make no promises. And if it comes down to it, I will do a reset again. But for now, I will just focus on what prompt is next and read all your wonderful posts I have waiting. Thanks for being patient with me! Hope you all have a wonderful week ahead!
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – renounce
Love –
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“Where there is love there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – life
We used to eat together
At the dining room table
Talk about our day
And what we learned in school
We used to share music
Let it play all day long
The artists and songs
That were our favorites
We used to treasure
Spending time together
Then life swept us up
And distance became miles
We used to be too busy
Work and kids activities
There were never enough hours
Just wasted moments that never were
We used to talk on the phone
Share a few brief moments
Talking of our treasured accomplishments
And disappointing losses
… then without a warning
They were gone for good
And I was left thinking
We used to eat together
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – table
I negotiate my life
And travel onward
Steadfast in my journey
I will make it
To the other side
No one can
Stop me now
I see daylight
Through the end
Of this long tunnel
And a new beginning
Is waiting
For me there
Amongst the flowers
And the sunshine
Hope does flutter
Her wings
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – steadfast
Life just seems to take the wrong turns
On a path of joy
Clouds of sadness loom
On a path of peace
Chaos takes over
On a path of love
Indifference does wander
I need new directions towards finding me
Because now I am just lost
My plans gone awry
With the wrong paths to travel
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – awry
Take on life
With all the gusto
It finally deserves
Show excitement
In the day to day
Take a certain pleasure
In new things
You will begin to discover
The world has much to offer
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – gusto
Leigha Robbins 