Guess who’s back! What made you think me? I could’ve been talking about the McRib. But if you guessed me, you’d be right. Sorry to disappoint you, you fans of that meat byproduct doused in a gelatinous McBarbeque sauce. But hey, maybe we’ll connect in other ways. Like the fact that I’m restarting my blog for what I’m hoping will add a little ray of sunshine to all who choose to stop by my little corner of the interwebs. Hopefully, that’s at least one more than my mom and a handful of pity reads from close friends. I dream big.
So listen to my story about a… man named Jed. Nope, wrong again. I couldn’t help myself. Unlike the story of Jed misfiring his gun and striking gold, black gold that is, this is a story that may actually resonate with you. We begin on November 8, 2016. I’m not sure what significance that date holds. I’m sure it’s something important. Maybe in American history. It’ll come to me eventually. Anyhoo, since that date last fall I’ve noticed that every day started the same. I wake up, I read the news, I read posts by family, friends, and strangers, and I just get mad. Mad at the state of the world. Mad at injustices. Mad at people being all around hypocritical, shitty human beings to each other. I gave that anger a happy little home to take root inside me. Of course my anger didn’t manifest itself in kindness, compassion, or empathy. It just helped me jump on the shitty human being bandwagon. And swimming in a daily toxic swamp of negatively certainly didn’t help matters; it had me coming out in a worse mood than I had the day before.
About a month or so ago, I finally drummed up the inner courage to tell myself, “enough is enough!” I can’t control all of that. I can’t fix all of that. Though I did a lot of praying. Thought and said, “Fix it, Jesus!” more times than I can count. But I can fix myself. I can actively choose to start my day off on a positive note.
That’s what I’ve done. Every morning I start my day by writing in my journal and setting positive intentions for my day. The act of writing those words down or reflecting on my accomplishments and goals has been a powerful motivator. I think those thoughts all the time, but there’s something about committing the words to paper (or whatever writing medium meets your fancy) that, for me at least, conjures strength. More of my process to come in subsequent posts.
In the meantime, I’ll be sharing daily writing prompts, intentions, and/or affirmations that I hope inspire you to start your day off write too. Maybe, just maybe, it will allow more kindness and joy to be shared in this world, and empower you to be a better human being to yourself and others. Here’s to starting our days off write!
Tara's Writes 