The Sunrise Story

This is the next to the last day of the slicing challenge and I'm searching for a meaningful and interesting idea for a post. I have lots of blog posts from other bloggers saved to use as inspiration, but I'm not feeling them right now. I just spent thirty minutes looking through blogs for more ideas. Nope. The only thing that comes to mind is this: "Everything's been written already. What else do I have to say? It's been said." You know what those words tell me?!?! That the judge is taking over. I'm too tired to push it away effectively. I've nudged that voice over enough to compose these words, yet I feel doubt regarding their importance. Writers...We write. We tell stories. We tell the truth. "Is any of it original? Is that even important?" NO. Stop! I showed up here. I searched and listened and searched some more. I tried and failed. I tried again and now I'm writing these words. Are they brilliant? Nope. Why? They tell...

Thank you to Stacey, Betsy, Dana, Tara, Beth, Anna, Kathleen & Deb for this amazing platform to write and share writing! What a wonderful community you've created! I'm honored to be part of it. Join us at Two Writing Teachers . Do you have a internal voice? A critical voice. I call mine, "Judge". The one that makes declarations and insists you're not good enough. Mine is loud and mean. I've decided that my "Judge" is a big, fat liar. Recently my critical inner voice has been drowning out every other voice. It's all I've heard...or maybe it's the only one I've been listening to. That voice is loud and negative. It doesn't trust, it's suspicious. It's rude and disrespectful. It's judgmental and unforgiving. I hear it all the time. It's toxic. How did I recognize it? This has been a snowy winter with lots of cold weather and this past weekend, the warmth returned. I was out walking Bella and my f...