17 — Cocoaburrerskin
17 — Cocoaburrerskin
Woke up to my pair of glasses, broken! Sad is an understatement, although I’ve been two years overdue for a change. Probably not helpful for my eyes, huh? The thought of spending $400 on a pair of glasses is off-putting though. This is what you get for being blind and having different prescriptions on both eyes. Poignant that this will happen today of all days after all, “eyes are the window to the soul”.
Contemplating starting a new journey and I am terrified. Fear is not something that so easily grips me and so this comes as a shock to me. All I have been able to see thus far are the various ways this journey could fail.
For one, I am a private extrovert. Oxymoron, I know. I am a literal ‘walking contradiction’. Therefore, the thought of putting myself out there, this time for the world to see and not just my little enclave scares me like only rats scare me.
“Make your passion your profession” they say but when writing is your passion, how do you distinguish opinion from facts? What makes me a subject matter expert on this content? What new information am I adding to the field and past body of work? Plus, I can’t seem to remember punctuation rules to save my life.
Did you see how my right brain, just took over the left? Sigh.
Always needing to maintain my lane, I wonder if I am not inadvertently crossing into another’s. So, I sit back with a cup of coffee and talk to God, my ever present help in time of need. Boy, does He come through!
Here are some truths:
- Your assignment is not about you and won’t be worth your investment if it’s not ‘rats’ scary. (I hate rats).
- The world is more than big enough for a million people to have the same dream as you. However, you are assigned to your own territory and though you might cross the world, you can’t entirely cover it. That’s why another 999999 people have the same vision as you.
- You alone are you.
Time to work! Here’s to new beginnings.
P.s Happy birthday in advance bro. Love you!
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Cocoaburrerskin | Little Giant. Semi-proficient writer. Master Reader. Coffee Addict.