Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire." Francois de la Rochefoucauld
So it has been a while, with no reason or excuse for the absence other than losing the grove and not focusing my attention on getting it back. Why is it so easy to keep up bad habits, and so often difficult to maintain good ones? (Another rhetorical question.) A couple of times, after a few weeks of not blogging I went to start again, only to be sieged by thoughts of failure "It has been too long to start again.", "Nobody will bother reading now that you have stopped writing for so long", etc... Silliness I realised after a friend of mine encouraged me back to blogging with the sage words of encouragement and blogging wisdom "I understand why pepole stop, because it is thankless and it goes on forever, but I hope you will consider starting again strictly for the love of the game."
So from the dark genius of WO to wise words of H. Stanley Judd:
Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing.” H. Stanley Judd.
I pick up the proverbial pen to get back at it, along with a couple other Q210 focused efforts, and hope you will forgive my absence and continue (or start) to follow, and participate in, my musing of pursing an attitude of gratitude.
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