Day of Hope #58
Friday October 13, 2017
Goal: Give hope and get hope by writing a book of hope
Quote: “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you.” - Maya Angelou
Last year I was going to fly to Hawaii and bought a plane ticket, but I started a new job at that time and just could not make it happen. I had planned to go somewhere and use the plane ticket this year before it expired in November. I read a book called The Five Second Rule by Mel Robbins, how to enrich your life and destroy doubt in 5 seconds. It’s about getting out of your head and into your life. You count backwards 5-4-3-2-1 then go. Don’t think, just go. Like a rocket ship taking off. It helps stop the negative talk because you are already doing whatever it is. No time to talk yourself out of it. Amazing book. There are so many great things I have done because of this but there is one thing I still do today from this. Every morning before this book, I used to hit the snooze on my alarm. I never hit snooze anymore. I hear it and think 5-4-3-2-1 go and I get right up.
I realized after reading her book that working on my passion project is more important than jetting off and distracting myself. So......I gave my ticket to someone who could not afford one to go visit a sick family member in another state.
This Day of Hope falls on a Friday, so I have decided to lock myself in my condo and work on the book I am writing. I stayed in the condo for the most part except for a six mile walk on Saturday to get more energy where I caught a lot of an air show in Boise while walking.
My book is my journey and about how my Day of Hope started and how it changed my life. It has my stories of my days of hope incorporated in it. I have been writing items for it off and on for years now.
I keep putting off writing even though when I work on it my insides are fueled. I am about halfway done now and it's all in the computer finally. I have completed the dedication, the intro section, and several chapters. It will have 13 chapters of course. It’s tough. I seem to keep finding other things to do like laundry, napping, journaling and so on. Anything but writing. I know it’s just my mind working on me because writing about my life is hard and scary. No more excuses, I have all weekend and I must keep going.
It feels so good to get it all out of my head and on paper. I can really start to see the reality that I might write a book. I really want to get I done to help others but really for myself and my healing. It’s been a busy year, but I can’t give up on my dreams.
My lesson of hope: If you keep going for your dreams, they will unfold in front of you. I just try to keep doing one thing each day to help me fuel my future self. Every time I take my Day of Hope, I do just that.
