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HEALING HEARTS
To know how to choose a path with heart is to learn how to follow intuitive feeling. Logic can tell you superficially where a path might lead to, but it cannot judge whether your heart will be in it. So trust and make decisions based on your heart and not your head and greatness will be yours!
Writing, Reading, Listening to music, (Country), Chatting, I just can't seem to back away from this machine, walking, and spending time with family! I may seem boring, but I've been around the world, and in between when enthralled within the pages of a book, or notebook.
You can also find me searching. Meditating in the light. We are one, divine and right. Angelic and enlightened, especially when we live the life of love. Let me rephrase that, we don't live love, we are love... LOVE is the only way...
Being is a willingness to step into the unknown, recognizing, acknowledging our fears, expressing them and allowing them to move on through us. Too often, we give up our own will as a barter for Love or acceptance from others. We let others define success for us instead of determining for ourselves what we choose success to be.
Being is following your heart, doing what your heart desires, doing what sets your heart afire with passion.
Being is allowing permitting the Universe to bring to us
its abundance, our survival needs, its Love.
Strength is the predominating feature of those born under the sign of Taurus. With that strength, however, comes a firm-set nature which is difficult to change. The influence of Venus (this Sign's ruling Planet) makes for an emotional character, fraught with primitive urges, but one which can be sympathetic as well as strong-willed. Taurus natives tend to be won over through emotion rather than reason. Calm, reliable and patient, the the Taurus individual is sometimes accused of being boring and stubborn beyond belief, but those born under the jurisdiction of this Sign can withstand burdens which would knock less stable personalities totally off-balance.
Taurus subjects are opportunists, but have a tendency to accept whatever comes along instead of actively seeking it out. Such individuals absorb ideas and easily retain them, due in large part to the remarkable memory so often associated with persons ruled by this Sign. Being practical-minded, they plan ahead and usually carry their purposes through to the finish. However, by that time, those governed by Taurus are usually quite convinced that any ideas they may have borrowed were actually spawned exclusively from their own minds. The instinct of the Taurus nature is counter-balanced by an ability to acquire knowledge. Occasionally, these faculties are combined and occasionally, they operate independently. In either instance, the ensuing sense of understanding is not only deep but also long-lasting. Those born under the influence of this Sign are well-liked and make for the best of friends. Their generosity is genuine and when they acquire money, they are liberal with their wealth...particularly to those of whom they are fond. This is basically due to the Taurus appreciation of creature comforts. Such individuals seek the best, not only for themselves, but also in order to share with others. Taurus natives count among the Zodiac's most excellent hosts and hostesses. The taste of the Taurus personality, however, is often quite simple...games, outdoor sports and activities, or anything dramatic or artistic is apt to satisfy the Taurus subject far more than any luxury or ostentatious display.
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Questioning Why To Be A Writer?
Writing requires discipline and is difficult at times. It’s one of the most isolated professions in the world. You can write and write, but there’s no guarantee that you will be recognized (published) or paid for your efforts. So why be a writer?
Some say they just want to be creative. Well that’s all fine and dandy, but what’s the point if you don’t share with others and be recognized for it?
Self satisfaction? Sure. I feel great after I finish a piece that I believe has some clout. There are also a million ways to be creative, such as drawing, painting, cooking, organizing, hell you can be creative cleaning the bathroom, so why a writer?
Some say money and of course everyone could write a novel. Whether it’s good or not is another long story, so lets get back to why it is you want to be a writer? Money? Well when you look at the bestsellers lists you might recognize some great names, King, Grisham, Clancy but you don’t recognize all of them. Which in all honesty tells you what? That there isn’t many successfully paid writers such as these. They too were once in your position, asking the questions of why, and wondering whether to give up and move on.
Some say the reason they want to be a writer is for fame. Fame? Not many writers are famous. Take Stephen King for instance, great writer right? Of course he is, I mean his books have been made into movies. King is a private man because he knows that having his face in front of a camera is not the reason he wanted to be a writer. Could you concentrate with numerous phone calls, constant stalking, camera flashes through your windows as you open the curtains to your office to let in a little inspirational natural lighting?
Most of those who want to be writers don’t realize the difficulty involved. The hours of solidarity, research, and writing. The horrific hours of editing the words you once thought were sunshine have turned to rain. Being rich doesn’t make you happy, and fame doesn’t last forever. So we are back to the question of why do you want to be a writer?
For me it’s truly a simple answer. One that I didn’t arrive at easily but I arrived at never the less. I have to be! It’s a simple answer that opens up the door to more complex questions but it’s the only acceptable answer as to why I, myself want to be a writer. So my next question has arrived and nags at my soul. Why?
I knew I had to be a writer but why? There is always the deep creative, emotional pull from within myself telling me to put my thoughts on paper. Something inside insists that I must be a writer. A hour a day, a chapter on lunch break at work, a few sentences while waiting for dinner to cook, whatever it takes to get them down because if I don’t the uneasiness doesn’t allow me to rest. I’ve come to the conclusion that the gnawing at my soul needs to be released, that is why I write.
Everybody is different right? So my next question is what makes my writing different from everyone else’s writing? Now it’s a matter of knowing your craft. Letters to words, words to sentences, sentences in order and punctuation added. Sounds simple right? Oh no, there’s so much more to writing. When you think of the famous writers that most strive to be like, they all have their own unique theme, tone, setting, attitude and so do you. You just have to dive deep into the soul within you and notice the subtle hints you receive from your secrets, fears, fantasies, and then put them on paper. After writing and reading over what you’ve written you might just find your own tone or attitude. Writing can start with a dream, a whim, or a sudden burst of inspiration but where you take it is up to you. Writing like so many other creative things needs to be honed. Once you mature through the years you will find a flow, and writing will become second nature to you. The ache in your soul never goes away. If you have to be a writer then that passion will allow you to create until the end of your existence. You just have to know how to trigger your inspiration when it’s lying dormant.
Recently I was thinking about something that came up in a forum. The title of the thread was “Creativity or Replication†and the question asked was “Do you feel that you are creating or are you simply replicating or reassembling things you have read from other writers?†This is a great question and I was thinking about it and if it pertains to my work. Most of my earliest poetry was immature, and suicide related. I was dwelling on what was in front of me, and not on my inner reality. In my early twenties my work began to evolve as I was learning slowly but gracefully how to look a little deeper. Every now and then I want to go back to that immature writing to get away from my present reality. It’s ok as long as I realize that it’s not all of me, that whatever comes from my pencil during those times will be mediocre and there is no point in doing something unless you’re going to give your all.
Back to the question of creativity versus replication, I’m sure you’ve seen two stories or poems that are so similar that one makes you think of the other. In fact those two authors probably thought at the time that they were writing best sellers, that they were unique and original. Were they looking deep? You will never know about those other writers but if you as a writer look deep enough then your soul will give you a story all your own.
If you have to be a writer, you must pay attention to your soul, develop your craft and you will not be a duplicator but an originator. Although it would be great, you still are not guaranteed to be a success. You had to be a writer and when all is said and done, it’s only when you’ve given into that part of your soul that you are able to say, “I’m a writer†and it was all for the satisfaction of creation.