You Can Let It Go
We can’t fight every battle in existence in this wonderful world today.
That’s impossible.
There are too many battles waging. And we only have 24 hours in the day (here on Earth – if you’re reading this from another planet, your days might be longer. – grins).
We need to rest. And have peaceful moments in our lives.
So pick your battles.
If someone posts a terrible take on social media, for example, and it is not your area of expertise, consider scrolling past. Or blocking them. Or forming a rebuttal in your mind but not actually posting it (and having to deal with the responses).
Don’t do this with everything, of course. We have to fight for something. But save that energy, my friend, for the issues you really care about.
Your peace matters also. Protect it.
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If It Is Working For You…
A writer asked me what I thought of a certain story structure.
I asked him what HE thought of it.
He said it worked well for his story and his editor, someone he respects, really likes it.
I told him if it is working well for him, don’t change it.
And I wanted to tell him to stop asking other writers what they think of it. Because someone won’t like it. And they’ll have reasons. And then he’ll second guess something that is helping him refine his story.
If something is working for you (and it doesn’t hurt anyone else), use it.
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Pass Along Print Books You’ll No Longer Read
I read. A lot.
I suspect you do also, my friends.
(smiles)
I mostly read eBooks but one of my Awesome Brothers gives me print books for birthdays and holidays.
When I’m done reading those print books, if I believe I won’t ever read them again, I give them away for other readers to enjoy.
My favorite donation place is the neighborhood Little Free Library. I leave the print books there and within hours, sometimes minutes, some other book lover has claimed them.
I’ve given someone else joy.
That makes me happy.
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Library Love And Canadian Writers
Librarians buy books for their libraries. A LOT of books. And all writers everywhere get paid when their books are purchased for libraries.
In Canada and some other countries, however, writers receive additional funds, funds they can use to create the next book or to…eat. (We like eating. We try to do it every day. – grins)
Canadian writers are given a ‘grant’ of sorts for every book (ebook, print book, audio book, other) they have in a Canadian library.
If you are Canadian and you want to help Canadian writers, request their books. Ask a librarian to order their books. In Toronto, this is as simple as sending an email or going into a library and mentioning it to a librarian.
Libraries and writers will thank you.
(smiles)
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Ask WHY A Change Happened
I note, as best as I can, changes in rules and regulations and guidelines, especially regarding the food and water supply systems, energy and other essentials.
When rules and regulations and guidelines change, I ask myself WHY.
Who benefits from the changes? How do these changes change the quality, availability, and/or safety of whatever is impacted? What should I do differently now due to these changes?
Rules and regulations and guidelines weren’t crafted for funsies. Someone thought they were important enough to fight for. Likely people died before these rules and regulations and guidelines were established.
Note when they change.
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If You’re Not Using It
A friend was planning to go to the movies with his fiancée. The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I happened to have 2 movie tickets (we obtained using points).
So we gave him the tickets.
We weren’t using them. We didn’t plan to use them in the future.
He will definitely use them.
The gift made sense.
If you’re not using something, consider giving or loaning it to someone who WILL use it. Make their world a better, kinder place.
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As Soon As You Think Of Them, Reach Out
In the past, I would see something that reminded me of a loved one. I’d think of them. And I’d tell myself I should tell them I’m thinking of them.
Later.
As you likely guessed, later never happened. I would get distracted by something else. Time would pass. The person never realized I was thinking of them and I DO think of them.
Now, I contact them right away. I’ll send them a quick message. “I saw X, I thought of you, and I smiled.” That’s all that is needed. They know I think of them. I care. They are loved.
(smiles)
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Savor The Small Joys
One of my buddies loves hats – big hats, small hats, fancy hats, plain hats, old hats, new hats, any type of hat. They are a simple thing but they give her great joy.
And joy is priceless during these turbulent, sometimes dark times.
This joy is easier to capture and to keep if they originate from the small things – a nice hat, dew on a tree leaf, a decadent piece of chocolate, an often-read well-loved romance novel.
Savor your small joys, my friends. Protect them. Cherish them.
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Rest When You Need To Rest
I know when the words don’t flow, when I stare at the blank screen and there’s nothing I want to write, it is time for a rest.
It is time to go out to the garden, one of my sanctuaries, and simply be. Watch the butterflies. Touch the grass. Listen to the hum of the bumblebees.
This feels like a waste of time especially as I have no time to waste and so many things to do.
But it is needed. Just as we need space to move, we need rest to think.
It is as necessary as air, as water, as life.
Rest if you need to rest, my friends. Feed your brain.
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Let Others Be
Unless a mosquito lands on me (or enters the house), I don’t smack it.
It’s doing its own thing. As I’m doing my own thing.
And I don’t have the time or energy to deal with every mosquito in the universe.
(smiles)
I also don’t have the time or energy to concern myself about who people love (as long as it is consensual) or how people worship or what clothes they wear or what books they read.
I let people and other beings be as much as it is possible.
And that has made me SO much happier.
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