Are You listening?

These are lines that stuck out to me when reading a book called Wild Mind, Living the writers life. By, Natalie Goldberg. (Part 9)

Someone is either listening or not we don't have to get them to really do it. We can just settle back into our bodies & write, neither hiding nor reaching out. Just being present, then we write out of true emptiness. We write because we write & for no other reason. That is good. (I'm excited to make money from my writing, but that is not the reason I write, I write because it is something I can't help but to do.)

Even if your friend forgets your writing date, you will write. Even if your family criticizes you, you are broke, you think your stupid, you have arthritis, you will write. ( Because you can't help it)

There is no such thing as failure. The only failure in writing is when you stop doing it then you fail yourself. (I'm dedicated to this & right now I don't even know why.)

You can't plant a grass seed & then stick your finger in the seed & yank out a blade of grass. It doesn't work like that. We have to be patient to let the blade of grass grow. (Think about this deeply.)

It is good to try different things but eventually we must settle on one thing & commit ourselves. Otherwise we are always drifting & there is no peace. To stay with one thing gives us an opportunity to penetrate our lives & be free. (Thank you for this understanding)

Clarity and perseverance are are difficult in American Society because the basis of capitalism is greed & dissatisfaction. (Absolutely)

-Art by, Kay

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