One for the win

It is hard to meet a challenge head on.


I find this every year that I join NaNoWriMo. If you want to know how hard writing a novel can be, join that once. You will also find out how easy writing a novel can be as well.


Contradictory? Perhaps. But isn't that so like life? We think our challenges are too difficult, but really are they or is that difficulty a deception?


This is not my first year joining the challenge to write a book draft in 30 days. now realize this is not a complete draft, so we're talking sixty days of mind numbing slosh. Then a heap of edits afterwards. Challenged enough yet?


Having done this before did not make this challenge any easier than it would be had i never attempted it.  Every new book brings challenges of its own. This book decided it was going to pull author's teeth out. 


The words eeked out one thousand by one thousand, string tug by string tug. This reminds me of that scripture that says, a thousand shall be a mighty army. Who knows what these thousand words will create? Even though the goal seemed far off, the words did come. In for the win!


Never give up on a dream because it seems hard to accomplish. Never give up on a goal that you think is unreachable. Many things look like they stand off at a distance. Many goals seem too hard, too much time taking.  I know. I've been there. I've seen those kind of goals.


The good news is nothing is as it seems. 


Even while taking care of my house I come across things that seem beyond my ability to do, but then I am amazed when it is finished how fast it got done. How fast. How complete.  


See, the trick I have learned is to not think about the task before doing it. Just roll up the sleeves and get to it. That is what gets me past the goal-killer, mister procrastination. 


If I stop and think, then I stop myself from ever achieving that goal before I start trying!  When I don't think, when i roll up the sleeves and get on the mat, put up the salt, hup to it, then before I know it, I have reached the goal, accomplished the task and beyond. 


You will never know how much you can do until you push yourself to try. Those words ring dear and true to me every time I try to do something new.


So try that, pull up your sleeves and tackle that goal. Get some goal doing done!


HUP TO IT!

A Shimmer of Hope

I woke up yesterday morning and the air was crisp, the sky bright. It made me feel ten years younger just to be able to breathe deep.  God is gracious in allowing us these moments to worship Him.
He is also gracious for giving me word count. lol Of course the story is important, but I mention word count because I am doing Nano, and this week was especially hard for me. I could not get into the writing, I could not find the purpose, I had no idea where the plot was going, or who these characters were. Then all of a sudden, God showed me. A dear friend wrote me with such visual imagery, I could see the purpose why I write in the first place!  That word encouraged me and opened up my writer brain so i could write. Even though I only wrote a thousand words, they were powerful words. Thank you Sweet friend for those images!

Never underestimate the power of a word.
Words can heal.

Think happy thoughts, people.