Have you ever been on a drive and then had a flat?
Writing picture books seems like that afternoon drive on the Natchez Trace. Car windows down, tree limbs hanging over the payment, casting shadows with intermittent sunlight, driving down the road, chatting and laughing with your best friend without any worries.
Boom! Screech, and you wheel off to the side of the road. FLAT Tire!
Sometimes, your best dreams get flattened, goals you have struggled with go awry, and you get another rejection letter.
What do you do?
You fix the flat, sometimes with help from a critique group, talking to a friend, and listening to the positives more intently. Discover what is good about your dreams and hold on for the ride. Achieving your dreams is hard work. Drive and perseverance go hand in hand.
Then, work on your dream, fix the flat(s) in your stories, and resume your drive down the Natchez Trace. Happy Writing!
Sometimes you have to persuade yourself to keep moving forward and the best way is to rely on the Holy Spirit for guidance that comes when you get still and listen. Being sidelined has it purpose. When God sends that next person along, listen, anticipate a word from the Holy Spirit and be ready to move on.
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I sit on four flat tyres
(that’s what some folks say),
and my inner fires
bank lower every day.
Each movement is now hesitant,
and words are framed in pain;
I look like hair-shirt penitent
out standing in the rain,
but don’t the appearance fool you
for cancer’s just a passing thing.
I may be slower, that is true,
but dreams and thoughts take wing
and with light heart I launch them toward
the warm embrace of my dear Lord.
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Amen to that. Thank you for this lovely post. I enjoyed reading. Blessings.
~Selah~
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