Friday, August 28, 2015

Off the Ground

Today is the last day in the series on questions. Don't worry, I'll come back when I have enough fan questions and do another series. :)

"How many times can one person pull themselves up off the ground?" 

Off the Ground



Dear Questioner,

Sometimes I know it feels like we've hit rock bottom so many times that it's impossible to pick ourselves up again. Sometimes our lives have been so difficult and we've been down so many times that we don't even want to get up again.

Some people say this happens more often in the lives of creatives than any others. I'm not sure I'm inclined to disagree.

People knock us down.

Life gets hard.

Things happen.

But if you don't get up, then what are you going to do? Would you rather wallow in self-pity than get up and try again?

Sure, it might be easier, but only for a while. Eventually, things will get hard again. Even when you think you're at the bottom, there's often another fifty feet to fall. And if you don't pick yourself up, you could find yourself further down than before.

Nobody wants that.

I don't want that. I hope you don't want that.

So get up. Get up as many times as it takes to get where you want to be. Do it, because not doing it would be worse. Because it's better to try than to give up and fail. Because you have people around you, rooting for you, even if it doesn't feel like it.

We're creatives. We stand for each other. We stand with each other. We'll help each other stay on our feet, and when one of us falls, we'll help them get back up.

Surround yourselves with people like you, with creatives, and we'll stick together.

That's what it's all about.

[love]

{Rani Divine}

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    1. I really think writers should refer to themselves as musketeers. We'd have more fun that way. :-P

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