“Being defeated is
often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.” Marilyn vos
Savant
Some weeks I will
write diligently and feel like I am making progress, then I have a week or two
where I just don’t accomplish much. I reprimand myself and label myself a
failure. I berate myself and tell myself that I will never be a writer. But
then I rally and get back to the keyboard and do ok for a while.
Maybe it’s like
smoking. I know so many people who have quit and so many of them who start up
again. Granted, they should quit for good. Me? I’ll probably continue to quit
writing on a regular basis, but as long as I go back to it, you can’t say that
I gave up.
Until trees are
growing through my floor boards, I have a chance.
(I took these pictures last fall at a park in Minnesota. Sorry that I can't tell you the name right now, but too lazy to look it up. I know, I'm defeated once again.)
