Thursday
Oct292009
Becoming Real
Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 11:04 PM
So I’m discovering, as I’m crafting the little pieces for this blog, that writing things down makes them real…..lends them more significance.
If you’re like me, there are days in life (happily, not that frequent J ) when you feel like a nobody. Like you’ve got precisely nowhere in life. But that, in contrast, there are people out there whose lives are full of good ideas and wisdom and cleverness and important stuff. People whose lives are colourful and exciting and filled with purpose..….little beacons of light. And I’m not talking about the great and the good. Just your friends; people whose blogs you read; folk you ran into at that last art retreat you attended…..(hmm).
So here’s a little exercise for you. Next time you’re feeling this way (if indeed you do…..or am I the only one in the universe who ever does?), write down a few facts about yourself…..and see if you don’t blossom into a somebody before your very eyes. Not a heroine or a leader or a rock star…..but a somebody. An interesting somebody. Interesting, at least, to you. Which is a very good thing, given that you have to live with yourself 24 hours a day for the rest of your life.
Try it. Next time you’re feeling monochrome and dull or insignificant, just list a few bald facts about you. And watch yourself turning into a real, live person on the page or screen before you. Possibly even a fascinating, quirky, deeply interesting individual. Who you would like to know.
Pleased to meet you! Now go look in the bathroom mirror and say hello to your new best friend.