"WOW!" ?? ~ Yes, Wow!
(Self-Discovery)
I am always amazed that I keep learning more about life every day.. no matter how old you get, keep learing and 'self-examining'.
Perhaps (like me) you're a person who never really does much reading.. or avoids it if at all possible.
Just put it in a YouTube for me please - LOL
But, it's all because I am so horribly dyslexic and have battled with the books for all my life.
Which would be no big deal.. except that "I'm a writer!"
LOL
A writer that hates to read ~ How's that for a laugh ?
Talk about a Paradox.
But, I guarantee you that it's true.
I write poems. I write songs. I write ... this.
I just write ~ it's a compulsion for me!
I have discontinued wondering 'why' and just accepted that it is a huge need that I have to write down my thoughts, feelings, viewpoint, humorous ideas...
You name it - I've dabbled in it 'on the page'.
I had a funny thought the other day. I was remembering my late Aunt who was a secretary by profession.
She worked at Edwards Air Force Base at one point. She traveled. She had quite a fulfilled life.
While typing away one day, I was getting frustrated at myself,
My fingers were not keeping up with my mind to take down my thoughts properly and quickly enough.
I realized that I was doing as much correcting as writing and it made me yell at myself!
Suddenly, an image of my Aunt's fingers flying away on an 'old school type writer' flashed before me.
In my mind I was seeing her typing away - one key at a time - on one of those old machines and getting the job done!
Man, did I feel stupid for complaining about my word processing laptop with all these bells and whistles to help me out.
LOL ~ Geeze! That snapped me out of my slump fast!
And it made me realize that if you have to write.. or not..
just be thankful for the awesome tools that are at your disposal.
Then it hit me!
Wow.. how many other tools are we not utilizing to their fullest or perhaps not appreciating we have access to?
Epiphany?
Well maybe not that important a find.. but it sure did make me snap out of my 'cry baby' mode and get back into a good frame of mind.
I think we have all had our sensibilities tainted by our easy access to technology these days.
What are your thoughts?
Do some self examination and make a little list of what you find yourself 'depending' upon and ask yourself, "Do I appreciate this tool or training.. or take it all for granted?"
Be honest now.. LOL
And if you'd like to share it - drop a note back to me here.
I'd love to hear about what you find too.
Make it an Awesome Day, Folks!
Barb out ~
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