True love is doing

Well, I been sick actually for the whole weekend so I didn't get to do much except lay around and try to rest. Key word- Try. I'm a little concerned about my classes and if I'll be able to handle them and get to my graduation in May! I been doing some journaling lately and have been thinking a great deal about writing. You see, I need to choose a genre to write about for my English Seminar class and I always loved to write poetry but it's so hard for me to write when I'm not inspired. I often get intimidated when a good thought comes to me. I try to hold it in my mind and gather up more thoughts about it before it floats away but many times I give up. But now I'm trying something different. To just write exactly what I feel and once I have a flood of information down on paper, then I can start to put together some type of form.

But if we wait for the writing fairy to sprinkle some ideas into our heads, it is not going to happen. There is a book I been reading for class called "The Right way to Write" by Julia Cameron and it teaches you some good skills to live by when trying to write. In fact, it says that most of us don't want to write until we can write well. But it doesn't matter. Just get something down and see where it goes. Don't be afraid to write bad. We can'

t get a masterpiece right away and sometimes we need to let go of ourselves before we get to the masterpiece. It's not about waiting for the perfect moment to strike or that sprinkle of inspiration. If we love something so much then we shouldn't wait to do it. When your in a relationship with someone, many people say these words a lot- "I'm trying." There is so many excuses out there that don't seem to make sense because yes there is no such thing as perfect so stop trying, but if we really love someone or want to do something in life- we don't need to try, we just need to do it. Like it says in the book, "When we love our writing, we find time for it."