I’ve worked helping people maneuver past obstacles for most of my adult life. I’ve heard thousands of stories from men and women whose journeys came to halt because obstacles blocked their path. Over the years I learned many things about these roadblocks that will help you as a writer to remove them from your life. Here are a few of them. Roadblocks are rarely insurmountable. It’s true. Even those precision positioning of police cruisers to stop fleeing crooks. In fact, one reasons cops don’t use roadblocks much anymore is because the bad guy can maneuver past them. The same applies to your writing journey. When a roadblock shows up in the middle of your path, remember there is a way around it, over it, or through it. Remember that […]
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Taking It One Day at a Time
Talking to the lovely and gracious Susie May the other day, we hit on the topic of survival. She’d been exhorting her college son on how to manage his time, get through the rigors of college. “Take it one day at a time,” she said. “Don’t get lost by looking too far into the future.” It hit a chord with me. I remembered reading an article about POWs during Viet Nam. The ones who were hopeful, looking forward to getting out, knowing release would come soon ended up being the ones who did NOT survive. The prisoners who lived just for today, whose only goal was to survive the day, were the ones who endured their years in prison. Some were POWs for seven years. Not a pretty or hopeful […]
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I’ve heard most every view regarding our destiny, from we make our own to we have no control over it whatsoever. Both can’t be true, can they? The answer is yes. Sort of. The gifts and calling of God are without repentance. If God gave you the gift to write, then you are destined to write. How you fulfill that destiny may not be what you envisioned. Many people feel if they have gifts in a certain area, they can never pursue anything else. Others don’t want to operate in their areas of strength. They are gifted at math but have no desire to be an accountant. It’s really confusing. Hopefully, I can clear up some of that for you. God gifted you for a specific purpose. […]
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