I received an email this week that just poured more buckets of water into me than any flood. It was from one of the kids I mentored in my teen writing program last year. The program is called TEENSPublish at the Ringer Library in College Station, TX. (Follow the link for the deets) She thanked me for my efforts to help her become a writer and wanted to know if mayhem was going to happen again this year. She planned to tell ALL her friends.
I said, "Of course, mayhem is happening!"
In June, I will be putting on TEENSPublish at the Ringer Library in College Station, TX. (Cost: Free!, 2:30-5:00 on Wednesdays, skip July 6)The program is for 7th-12th graders and is all about helping young writers find their voice and share it with the world. Here is the deal, doing this will help me more.
In a rut? Surround yourself will people that beginning their journey. It will transform your life.
Sometimes we don't understand our situation. We long to grow, but instead, we are stagnating. You are no longer the ground. You have become the clouds. Stagnation is about your unwillingness to share the water within. Wring out all that water on dry ground. Let what you know flow from your heart to others. So creative folk, if you want to water your work go out there and volunteer. Give something of yourself. Be the rain.
You are welcome.
I will be back next week with one more April Showers, and then a new series starts. Exciting news, a guest blogger is going to usher in the month of May with Bloom! Excellent author Alexandria La Faye will be here! If you don't know her already, please check her out!!! www.facebook.com/alafayeauthor
www.alafaye.com, a@alafaye.com
Here is a doodle for you.
Here is a quote for your pocket:
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. Langston Hughes
2 comments:
That's so cool Molly. I agree, giving paradoxically fuels our own work.
So true, Vijaya.
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