Photo by T. Raceine Hobbs-York
Me: Greetings My Dear
Friend! How are you?
Me: Just wondering!
Have you visited my blog lately? NO!!!
Me: Well, I wonder why
you haven't been reading it.
Me: Oh, I see! You
say there hasn't been anything posted.
Me: I don't understand
why you haven't been reading it. I have written my blog at least 3 to 4
times a week. But, I am getting no feedback. It is so
disappointing. WELL! I suppose it would help if I posted it,
huh?
Friend: Say what?!?
Me: Yep! I have
written something almost daily. Got blogs piling up.
Friend: So, what's
holding you back? I like what you have written so far.
Me: I'm not sure what is
holding me back. I have some ideas though. Some of my blogs have been
on why I am holding back. It always helps me if I share my thoughts
with someone. But this time I don't know who to share them with, so I
thought I would blog about them. Then I worried about blogging about
them. I'm not worried about what I have shared. I would like to
share my poetry, my thoughts, as well as how my blog is going. I decided
to share what my concerns were on my blog. I hoped I would get some
feedback that would help me evolve Blog What May. So I wrote those blogs.
Me: THEN I thought how I
hope it will be a sharing thing as well as a learning thing, kinda' like my
writing group. Some good quality critique. This came about because
I am worried my writing isn't as good as others because my education does not include
a bachelors or masters degree, only two years of college which was all I could
afford. I write from the heart. That doesn't mean I'm good, even though I think I have potential. So I thought it would be nice to have two or three people
critique my blog, either before, or after I have posted it. I have
written poetry for 30 years (my kind - I'm learning all sorts of new things
about poetry, as uneducated as I am.) I am smart, just unschooled.
Me: I am so excited about my blog. About sharing my "everyday common, ordinary, every day, simple - yet awesome" poetry. I have written a few new poems, because I didn't know if sharing my old work would be alright. And I love a challenge. Blogging is awesome. Whether I have one follower, or one-hundred, or one million, it doesn't matter. I love it. I just realized what I think I need, here in the beginning anyway, a mentor. But then I tell myself, everyone is so busy. SO WHAT DO I DO? I am doing what I did when I was worried that I wasn't ever going to go to heaven until I became perfect. When I finally went to God with my problem, He told me I don't expect you to be perfect before you trust me. I will perfect you. I need you to let me teach you. My life became much more peaceful and less worrisome at that point.
Friend: So! What's
your problem?
Me: I don't know who to
ask. Everyone I know is so busy with their own writing, who do I
ask? Or do I just muddle along on my own.
Me: Today’s poem about AUTUMN
has sat in solitude since Tuesday night; waiting in its holding mode because I
want to be perfect, but know I will always want to perfect what I have. I even took photos of beautiful Fall trees
today. Yet, every time, s soon as my
blog is written and I go in to post it, I doubt what I have written. So,
what do I do? Do you know?
Hmmmm ... wellllll... Don't think. Don't worry. Just post this one. Maybe someone will have an idea.
Me: Great Idea
Photo by T. Raceine Hobbs-York
Until next time, my Friends, follow your dreams; even when you run into a mountain like I have. Eventually, I believe it will be a molehill.
