What Makes You You? #2

Humour. Humour is what makes me me. Or shall I say my particular humour leaning is what makes me me. You see, I like weird or slightly warped kind of humour. For instance, I was reading a writing prompt the other day. When I saw this prompt: Write about a person who gave you encouragement or encouraged you in some tremendous way. Other people were writing how this or that person helped them, said something that encouraged them to do something but my mind was thinking something totally warped. I had this person in my mind that was bad, evil and cruel to say the least, doing things that should discouraged me from whatever I wanted to do. But in some opposite way propelled me positively to do things that was totally not according to what the cruel act was meant to achieve. Like a cruel act of teasing made me better myself. Or an act that was meant to humiliate resulted in goading me to achieve or do things I'd never thought I could, or had the courage to, do if this cruel act was not committed. Strange, huh?

This really made me think that my warped sense of seeing humour in the worst sort of circumstances is what makes me me.

What Makes You You? #1

Passion makes me me. Hot, gripping passion for something I totally believe in that drives me on and ever forward. This passion defines me, who I am and essentially what makes me tick.

What would I do without passion?

Why would I do without passion? Not by choice definitely. But what if forced to? Oh... definitely no way can passion be taken from me by force. My heart, mind and being would keep the passion alive.

What Makes You You?

What a remarkable question. It opens so many doors and so many possibilities. Digging into the psyche as well as the character of the innermost being of a person. Wow, I'm blown away but this question. So blown away that I'm going to spend the next few days dwelling on this question.

My days are fulfilled until I find the answer to this question.

Adios.

2010 Resolutions

OMG! This is my second blog entry in one day. Isn't that simply outrageous? Totally out of this world I can tell you that and if you are following my blog, you'd nod your head in absolute agreement. Hurray! I broke my own record of posting two entries in one day. What a way to end a year, eh? Happy gongs are sounding loud and rambunctiously in my head because of this. Hope I don't go bonkers later : )

Ok, resolutions. I know I gotta make them . Don't know why but I'm really excited about making them as opposed to last year. I reread my last year's resolutions and it was really outrageous.

(Here it is if you care to look: http://writingblocks.blogspot.com/2008/12/happy-2009.html)

I really pulled all the plugs on that one. I was just plain crazy and it was fun. I remember having a good time writing that one last year. But I'm pleased to report that I, at least, fulfilled one resolution out of the whole bunch. I must say that it was a very important resolution to fulfill. Pretty pleased, really, and what a consolation to the year 2009.

My twenty ten resolutions are more serious this year as I'm in a serious mood today. Before I enter into twenty ten (boy, I just like saying it, twenty ten, twenty ten) I would like to reiterate some of 2009 resolution I wasn't able to fulfill.

• Read the books I have in my bookshelf (I've added more since last year).

• Use writing prompts more often.

• Continue the 10 minute writing sessions. Consistency being the operative word.

Twenty ten resolutions:

• Work on The Voice, The Call, The Warning.

• Work on P.I. Lyn.

• Work on The Gift.

• Follow the plan.

• Trust the process. I'm going to be surprised.

• Take time to reflect and to think.

And there you have it. Twenty ten resolutions and just in the nick of time. I'll be busy baking tomorrow and enjoying myself on New Year's day celebrating the last few remaining holiday I have before I start work on Monday.

I hope everyone a Happy Twenty Ten and may all your resolutions be fulfilled. I'll see you in 2010 barring any unplanned inspirational itches to post another entry tomorrow or on what's left of today.

Ciao.

End of 2009, Beginning of 2010

Well, 2009 is finally drawing to an end. I went through a whole year of newsworthy items in this morning's newspaper. I laughed some, cried some, some I'd rather not know about, some I forgot and didn't wish to be reminded about and some I really don't want to dwell too much about. As usual the year had its ups and downs and mind you those in the papers this morning were global stuff. I'm affected by global events but more to the personal happenings.

2009 wasn't entirely a happy year for me. There were more downs than ups but I'm grateful that there were up moments and they were in a higher percentage on the good side than on the bad side. There were really down moments that I remember and can't help a little sob and sadness over them. The important part, however, is I'm able to ride over them and in spite of them I'm still standing grateful for all that I've gone through. I thank my God for the strength He has given me to go through it all and basically unscathed but stronger and better for the experience.

I stand at the threshold of 2010 with a bit of trepidation. There are some things I wish that will go a certain way, in a different direction or with some change in result but then it's dangerous to change the future because it can affect the past. Or is that the other way around, changing the past can affect the future. Oh well, I can do neither. What I can do is affect the present to a certain extent. The rest I will leave it to my good friend to help me where He sees fit.

So, that's about it for my year-end blog entry. Till next year comes rolling in I'll be signing off for 2009. Cheers.

Actually, I kinda like the sound of 2010. It sounds much better than 2009. Twenty ten. I like it and hopefully when 2010 draws to a close I'll have a brighter year-end blog to write.

Twenty ten. Here I come.....

Do You Have A Plan?

You got to have a plan. Plan it and follow through with it, step by baby step, progress ever forward towards the goal. Go on plan the plan today.

Write Time

When it is your time to write, write.

~ Natalie Goldberg,
Writing Down the Bones