Sometimes I'm amazed at how stuck I get, and how I actually have to remind myself that it's self-imposed. A friend of mine's grandmother, who was a psychic healer in San Francisco back before that was even a thing, used to say it was like a milk cow crying because it was stepping on its own teat and couldn't figure it out. Kind of old timey but it stuck in my brain. Change is possible in every moment.
This really hit home. My journals as far back as the 90s also are full of the same complaints as today. It’s why I don’t like to read them. I refused to go back and read my Artists Way pages. But they are also full of my accomplishments which I tend to ignore. Go figure. Thank you for this.
Oh, Gini, you and I are twins in this. I think it's human nature, actually. I've read that our brains have a natural bias toward the negative. Which must be some weird evolutionary thing. But I'm so glad this resonated with you!
Sometimes I'm amazed at how stuck I get, and how I actually have to remind myself that it's self-imposed. A friend of mine's grandmother, who was a psychic healer in San Francisco back before that was even a thing, used to say it was like a milk cow crying because it was stepping on its own teat and couldn't figure it out. Kind of old timey but it stuck in my brain. Change is possible in every moment.
Number one: change is possible in every moment is my new mantra.
Number two: can that psychic healer please find a way into one of your novels? And say that quote? Pretty please?
I am working on disentangling myself from yardsticking against anyone or anything. No more metrics as weapons on myself or anyone else.
Love that, Deidre. So powerful.
This really hit home. My journals as far back as the 90s also are full of the same complaints as today. It’s why I don’t like to read them. I refused to go back and read my Artists Way pages. But they are also full of my accomplishments which I tend to ignore. Go figure. Thank you for this.
Oh, Gini, you and I are twins in this. I think it's human nature, actually. I've read that our brains have a natural bias toward the negative. Which must be some weird evolutionary thing. But I'm so glad this resonated with you!
It had to be said.
What I love about writing is that lovely bliss of immersion into our inner world, where our real truths reside.
Gorgeous, Linda. And thank you for saying it.
Thank you, Roy.
Read, enjoyed, shared. :-)