Depending on where I post this blog, it will either be ignored or be interesting. If the former, I get it - you may be looking for and needing writing and\or business wisdom. There are certainly worthy bloggers whose posts you may and can indulge in. If the latter, I'm pleased, glad I have given you something fruitful for reflection, perhaps even pointing to your current day and life.
I lately have had on my mind quite a few things that I've decided to post about today: * I keep thinking about the baby bunny that I killed a few weeks ago while mowing our lawn (http://stevesearswriter.weebly.com/inspirational/some-thoughts-this-week-prayers-for-a-baby-bunny). Every time I visit the bird feeder in our corner yard, I glance down at the tiny grave, which now is showing youthful grass. The sparrows, full of life, land on the fence nearby and the bush shadowing the grave. I and the sparrows continue to live; the bunny, just a few days old, barely knew life. * My wife, Lucille, gave me a wonderful Father's Day gift: a journal with paintings and pictures of birds and bird eggs on the front and back covers. A reminder of life and its beauty, and that, as a writer, I need to fill the empty pages of the journal with words. But what words? Article ideas? Daily entries about my writing days? Marketing ideas? Or maybe it should be a health journal, tracking my progress regarding workouts and nutrition? * Piggybacking on that last sentence, I wonder if and when my tummy fat will ever disappear and I will see any sight of ab muscles. Whether it be a cardiovascular or strength training regimen, as I perform my workout I ask myself, "Is this doing any good? When do I stop this current workout program, binge on unhealthy foods, and then start a new program?" I am like the gerbil on a wheel in its cage, spinning...spinning...spinning...in circles, around and around, never changing. And then there is this. I see someone with a bigger tummy than mine, and say, "Well, at least I'm not him!" Well, right now, I am him to someone else. I'm either the "big tummy guy" in the lens of the trim individual, or THE slim guys in the eyes of the more obese. What I should be focusing on is THIS guy - me. As football great Herschel Walker once said, "Run the race against yourself." There's nothing wrong with looking to others for inspiration, but sometimes the biggest inspiration is within my four walls -- being healthy for my wife and daughter -- and inside of me. * I'll piggyback again. I've been hearing lately about people suffering (and some dying from) a heart attack. I am approaching the 21st anniversary of my surviving a heart attack. July 30, 1996 was the day, my daughter Stefanie just five weeks away from starting kindergarten. I never want to feel that pain again! * Every time I tell people I am recently laid-off, some look at me as if total doom has crashed into my world. It's like I'm telling them my life is in peril or physical health has had a downturn. However, there are also those who wish me well, envision better things for me. In fact, a writing colleague of mine, predicting for me a blossoming freelancing future, called my current transition "exciting." Regarding the latter, it's all about faith, hope, and working hard. * Finally, our 16 1/2-year-old miniature dachshund, Little Lady, begins and ends my day. I walk her when I first wake up, and she sits on the couch with our family prior to my (and her) bedtime. Before I go upstairs, she looks at me, I pet her for a few minutes, and then she rewards me by licking my left hand and arm. The former dark hair around her eyes and snout have slowly turned to beige and white, and her vision isn't what it once was. Still she trudges on. Steve
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Steve Sears is a New Jersey based freelance writer
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