“It’s time for my son to move
to the next step of his life.”
“The good whispers scare you. They open you
up. Bad whispers shut you down. You can’t
listen to them,” Liz Gilbert says almost as if she
is speaking directly to me. My good whispers
say, “It’s time for my son to move to the next step
of his life.” The unknown variables of that scare
the crap out of me. The good whispers say, “You
are supposed to write a larger piece of work that
will reach farther and help more people.” The
bad whispers say, “You do not have time to write
today. You can never finish a long-term project.
You have too much on your plate.”
“Obstacles help you gain what you need for the
battle,” Liz’s voice says, bouncing off the screen
and into my soul. The difficulties that I face now
are what are making me stronger. My destiny is
to encourage others through my writing and to
tell them that they can get through these obstacles and make it to the other side. It doesn’t really
matter what channel that writing comes in on
right now. The point is that it touches someone.
“Any voice that you hear that attacks you in any
way … is not your highest self.” This, this was
one of my favorite quotes spoken by Liz that
day. The voice in my head says to me, “You’re
not smart enough. Your grammar is horrible. You
can’t focus. No one you know has ever done this.
What makes you think you can?” This voice
really needs to shut up!
As much as I’d love to run off to Italy, France or
Bali and write a novel about my experiences the
way Elizabeth did, my reality is that right now
I am a mother, a wife, a caregiver. So for now, I
write a blog and share what I’m going through
each and every da H