They look at you differently, once you tell them you are a writer…a published author. I’m often led to wonder why that is…
Are people so hungry to be impressed…
Or, are they amazed that someone can actually write a book…
Get it published and actually have someone pay to read it…
I’ve asked myself that question a lot lately, I have noticed people I have known all my life, looking at me differently…with questions in their eyes…sometimes the look is disbelief…awe…looks I can’t define…I've even seen what looks a little bit like envy...of what... me making a few extra dollars...or having a few people know my name...or is it that I'm living my dreams, not talking about them but being about them...
Someone very close to me probably said it in a way that was indicative of how many feel:
“Why do you need to do that… Isn’t it enough that you already have a good marriage, good career, blessed life…do you have to have everything?”
I thought about it long and hard and finally came up with an answer:
“No I don’t have to have everything, but I do have to have all the things that God has decided to heap upon me in the form of blessings. I have never taken anything for granted. I have simply tried to live in order, preparing by praying, taking care of my family, educating myself and allowing the blessings to flow. When they presented themselves I embraced them, gave thanks for them and did what was in my power to do. No more, no less…that power is in all of us, we have to learn patience and know we can’t make things happen, we have to allow them to…
Being an author or any other thing is not that big of a deal…being open to what is out there for you, however is huge…
acVernon Menchan 12/20/2006
