"This is the first day of the rest of my life" attitude this dawn. Going to take a look at my writing w/fresh eyes. My motto will be, finish what you started. Due to being a creative person and/or bipolar, I keep going off on tangents, new projects in my head, false starts, etc. I will refocus and finish a couple of things. Life can take you off in ten different directions, too. That's why, for instance, it's good to avoid cable news w/their endless series of political crises to focus on. Why it's good to avoid frenetic activity of all kinds.
How about making a to-do list w/ten things instead of 25? Or 7 things? And finishing them all.
Did not hear back from the school system this week about work. Important to not obsess and just let it go. There is a reason for everything that happens in life.
Even being ridiculed, like on OS recently, has its purpose, beyond making me feel like crap for a while. In the absense of all conflict, how can there be growth? I have no desire to stay in a meditative trance 24-7. Creativity does not come about in a vacuum.
I can worry about what others think of me till the cows come home, but where does that get me, except in a nonproductive stew? Self-esteem, ultimately, is an inside job; it's not something others impart to you. It's something you come to apprehend, in creative solitude.
However, iIbought a book on encouragement yesterday. And yes, it does play a huge role in helping a person to get back up after being knocked down, and step forward again. And I do thank others in this writing community for their encouragement.
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I really like this quote by Dr Seuss I hope you will too...“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.”
Enjoy your day Patrick!
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So true, Patrick. And I'll carry it a tad further, if I may. To me, self-esteem is merely the recognition that no matter what others might or might not see in me, it is my job - my duty - to contribute to the well being of those less fortunate or who are in need of support of some kind. No matter what I think otherwise of them. I interpret this duty as communicating to others thru my writing, trying to reach them in a way that brings them a little joy or helps them to see clearer what I see, and helps them feel better about themselves. Washing the dishes every morning helps, too. Good for the soul.
you are the most sensible and meticulous mystical bipolar
i have ever encountered, and i am making a damn list
as i write. i have no idea what will end up on it,
but that is the creative part of doing it.
if we have calm, we can, as wordsworth said, "reflect in tranquility".
I appreciate your commitment to live well, and focus on positive growth. Obviously when someone writes or says ridiculing things it is going to sting. BUT, it is about them. Maybe they are not always petty and small people, and just having a bad afternoon or something, but the behavior is petty and small, so that person gets to own it. Again, I enjoy your honest reflections .
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i have only two things on my to-do list today, and have given myself permission to take all day to do them. slow and steady wins the race.
as for too many good ideas and none getting finished properly, i do believe i might win the title of empress of that activity...
nice post - we all can use encouragement, from the inside and the outside.
Rated for wisdom.
Being ridiculed, now that hurts and I know the ole "sticks and stones, blah blah blah" but that is just bull crap. And I'm sorry someone hurt your feelings, that isn't cool. Sorry that happened to you. From everything I've read of yours , I've always enjoyed it.