Liz writes, "what are my choices to be? What do I believe that I deserve in this life? Where can I accept sacrifice, and where can I not?" p 83
Her mom is from Minnesota. Ought I listen closely here (because I'm from Minnesota)? Entering into this relationship with my fiancee, ought I ask myself these questions? What am I willing to sacrifice? Where will the compromise be? Where will the "win/win" situations be?
Now, what if I broaden my scope? In my whole life, what are my choices to be? I've made my choice with my fiancee. What about my career? I make a choice every day to get up early and stay up late to write. I guess I'm instilling in myself the discipline to write. As we look for a new apartment, I don't want to budge on my space to write. We squabble from time to time, which comes more out of misunderstanding and fear than anything.
But, I do look forward to these mornings. It brings me a little joy. It's something worthy and worthwhile to wake up to in the mornings. And, it makes me feel worthy and worthwhile. As I get my writing legs, it's going to be clunky. This blog, regardless of my opinion of it, is helping me. I think it's helping me to be more articulate and succinct. It's helping me take the random and make it palatable. It's helping me turn the tangents into straight, logical lines of thought.
So, today I choose to write.
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