Practicing Patience
Jun 16th, 2007 by jenzug
I have many deep thoughts on my mind, both introspective and contemplative, and I am starting to feel my circuits cross from lack of time to process via writing. I am to the point at which these thoughts bounce around in my head with no anchor, and my mind can not find stillness in the unorganization. I am praying for a quieting, a peace, until time allows the relief of writing.
In the meantime, I have added a new tab at the top of This Pile called ‘Reminders.’ Like my quotes section, this tab will reflect the bits and pieces of things that strike me, that move me, that make me think – most likely things from Scripture.
Be warned: what you see here is not my best work. It is what Anne Lamott describes in Bird By Bird as a series of “shitty first drafts.” Blogging dragged me kicking and screaming out of creative constipation by getting me to actually write. So I do that. A lot. Without worrying about every word choice or comma placement.
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