Chapter 26

A reflection from 3/26

I think of all of the lifetimes that are offered and severed with a single decision

“what if I had said yes?”

so much time spent in the “what ifs,” you forget about cherishing the current choices

there’s something wondrous in the journey and by looking at past choices with regret, you are literally muddling the map, ripping chunks of it off because you don’t like the way they look

change the perspective from I wish, to I am glad, or from I should have, to I got to

take pride in the fact your story is so unique and cherish the moments where you are actively writing the next chapter, rather than going back and trying to edit chapter 16 for the twentieth time

there’s a reason chapters end and new ones begin - have some fun with the pen, change it from a quill to gel to simply using tear stains to tell a story

whatever works - it’s yours to write and you have time to write it

there’s no timeline to meet, no obligations or editors viewing your work

it’s raw, it’s yours, and it’s special, so keep chugging along on your journey, humps and all, and remember the main character needs character building, too.

-p <3