Musing…
“The characteristic of genuine heroism is its
persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity.
But when you have resolved to be great, abide
by yourself, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world...” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
..then all manner of
things can happen. I hear in Emerson’s words a prescription for courage, for
audacity.
Charise’s Turn:
Following upon dreaming, our last blog entry, is
abiding in your dream. It’s just a dream, a fancy, a sight of some possibility
that has a lot of impossibility tied to it, you might say. Of course! How else
will anything new begin? As I go through my poems, one by one, making choices
which literary journals to submit to, I have the chance to hone my voice as
it’s been expressed in these different writings. Embarking on this endeavor
sets the primary goal right in front of me -- to bring out the emotional truth of my voice.
Yes, I’ve already received a couple of very kind
rejection letters. One editor was so gracious with his thanks and while saying “no,
not now”, added there was “little doubt” another journal would accept my work. On
to the next submission…and so it goes. It doesn’t much matter what the end
result is when being authentic is how I’m giving my voice to the world.
Get
Fired Up:
Counter the idea that the dream you are wanting
to catch or manifest is far flung. Once you have a dream you have an in – so wear
it, inhabit it, get the feel of it as if
it’s happening now. It’s in
your skin, let it move you in the direction it’s already headed. Be audacious and unapologetically your self!
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