Upcoming Changes
Posted on 25. Apr, 2009 by Deb in On Writing, The Girl
I am changing my blog, and if you are here on the date this is written, you are one of the handful of friends that knows. It will be public in the next week or so, just as soon as the design work is completed. I’m not in a rush, when it gets down to it; my blog has never been about traffic, but about the exercise of writing. There are many factors, but overall, it is simply time for a change. One of many changes this year. I don’t look at change as a negative, by the way, but a positive.
Overall, I am an optimistic person and in thinking up a new domain name, I thought about my overall philosophy about this “thing” that is my life. When it comes down to it, I know that life is not always easy; at times we must do things that are incredibly difficult. In order to continue growing, remembering the positive while dealing with the difficult is like this: focus on the sprinkles of the cupcake that is my life. Simplistic and not always practical, but certainly a better approach to life than to focus on the dregs in the bowl.
I took the words of Courage and Passion for 2008 and am well versed in their application to my life. As Audre Lorde put it “Afraid is a country with no exit visa” and if I choose to live in the world of fear, I will never grow nor change. So courage shall continue. And life is not a life well lived without passion. Life is about living – and loving. 2009 has turned out to be the best year ever of my life. There have been changes in me that I hadn’t thought possible; I have learned more about openness, vulnerability and trust than I knew. There has also been the gift of love, and through love, the ability to learn to forgive myself for my imperfections. In the words of Zona Gale “Loving, like a prayer, is a power as well as a process. It is curative. It is creative.” The process is truly wonderful – frightening, but also so incredibly amazing. Each day brings new magic and I am appreciating each and every single sprinkle I’m given.
Life is simply too short to do otherwise.