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Do you know what your purpose is?
Do you know what you were born to do or say to the world?
When you know, it’s a game-changer!
One of my purposes is tell the world that a relationship with God changes lives.
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We’ve all sat on fences.
We’ve swung our legs, kicked up our feet, and enjoyed the view on both sides.
With a playful thud, sometimes we’ve jumped down to feel the cool green between our toes.
Until we’ve jumped back in our spot. Some of us have sat for so long, we don’t realize we are still there.
Until,……. it becomes uncomfortable.
You thought it was a relationship, a dream, or career that you needed to make this life work.
But it hasn’t.
I was there. My relationship with my live in boyfriend was a mess, my children were a mess, and I was a mess.
It was ugly and I knew it.
And I wasn’t sure what to do. I wasn’t sure how I had got here.
Until I prayed. Really prayed.
You need to pray like you’ve never prayed before.
He says he’s faithful to answer.
Trying to come up with a way to fix my mess, I prayed this too. His answer (even though I hadn’t talked to him in a long time He answered) was that most of the messes in my life were really symptoms of a bigger problem.
My problem wasn’t that my boyfriend and me. It was that I was “on the fence” with God.
My entire life.
It takes courage to ask God to show you the truth.
Your life can change, but not in ways you think it should right now.
Maybe it’s bigger than that.
Maybe He wants you to get uncomfortable with where you are.
So He can show you too.
So, are you uncomfortable enough to get down off the fence?
Book Review: You Are A Writer (So Start Acting Like One) Jeff Goins
Do you have a hard time calling yourself a real writer? Do you tell others that you are a “wannabe”, but deep down really wonder if that’s all you’ll ever be? If so, you should read writer Jeff Goins ebook, You Are a Writer (So Start Acting Like One).
This book will make new writers feel like they’ve been invited to join the sacred inner circle.
Jeff gives you the permission you need to start calling yourself a writer and get to the business of being what you already are – a writer, “Before other’s will believe what is true about you, you’ll have to first believe it yourself,” Jeff encourages early in his ebook. He quickly and specifically covers topics important to every writer like:
Jeff packed this book full of useful tips for writers in any stage of their journey.
And after reading his ebook, I am left pondering one big thing and excited about another.
One of his tips is to cancel our contingencies or ideas. Writers love ideas, and we can get busy creating things that we will never finish, instead of pouring our creativity into our writing. I enjoy Jeff’s writing and insights anyway, but this one left me wondering (in a really good way) if I’m going to get my two start-ups (Jeff had a few too) off the ground or if I’m just distracting myself and wasting my creativity.
The second thing I was left with was excitement.
Jeff gives some great advice and examples of how to build relationships and create a platform. Specifically, I am excited to choose a publication or two and begin building relationships, instead of beginning by sending articles.
At 101 pages and 8 chapters, this is an great or informative book on writing. If you are a new writer (or even a seasoned one) reading Jeff’s book can save you time and give you permission to be who already are!
What if someone gave you permission to be who you want to be?
Who would you be?
Growing up, do you remember being told, you can be anything you want to be?
How did that make you feel? Excited?
Ready to take over the world as an actor, doctor, lawyer, singer or fireman?
Or did you feel nauseated from the possibilities swirling around you?
Maybe stuck in the dark waters of indecision?
Thinking about careers made me crazy until I read the book, You Can’t Be Anything You Want To Be. It helped me cross off careers that were perfect for someone else, but not for me. It narrowed my possibilities to professions that made more sense to my heart than my head.
I believe it’s the same way with writing.
You can’t write anything you want and write it well.
As writers, we’d like to think we can dig in our heels for the sake of writing – but when it comes down to it, if our writing is lacking personal passion then it won’t inspire others.
Most of us are only deeply moved by a few things in life. These should be the framework for our writing. Having a framework doesn’t mean that you don’t play in your writing, it means that you are more focused about experimenting within it.
So, I’m committing to getting myself out of the mud of writing possibilities.
I’m not a writer who writes about everything.
I’m committing to:
Are you in?
Tell me how you are getting unstuck and framing your writing.
In the spirit of writing and all things irish, I’ve guest posted over at Southern Writers Magazine.
Read my post here
http://southernwritersmagazine.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to-create-your-own-luck-as-writer.html
