Just a thought – about this amazing world
1 Comment »10th August, 2007; Category: Just a Thought
“How can any wise, intelligent person not be amazed by the world?” Ashleigh Brilliant.
I agree with Ashleigh.
Despite all that is wrong and terrible and distasteful and even evil about the people in the world, the planet itself is truly wonderful, amazing, brilliant, astounding, beautiful…. I think you get the picture.
Ama Dablam, Nepal
I also love taking photos of them. You can see more of my photos on my photo gallery here.
Red Capped Robin
In recent times I have discovered an interest in growing orchids. Over the last three weeks one of my orchids has been flowering, so I’ve had the container gracing my office. It is so delicate and beautiful it often distracted me from my writing.
Orchid flowers
These are just a few of the ways I appreciate this beautiful world in which we live.
What in the world amazes you?
Just a thought – about you
2 Comments »7th August, 2007; Category: Just a Thought
Here is another quote about life from that great philosopher, Ashleigh Brilliant:
Isn’t it a nice co-incidence that you are I are both alive at the same time.
Indeed it is.
It is amazing too that you, my readers (yes both of you), are coming so faithfully day after day to read my words of wisdom, wit and wonderment.
Go ahead and improve my day – leave a comment.
Your comment can just be a simple “Hi” or “So pleased to hear you are still alive” or whatever. You don’t have to be terribly erudite – in fact, just keep it simple today. My head couldn’t stand anything complex.
My head thanks you from the bottom of my boots.
Just a thought – about writing, life and everything
“Isn’t it sad that so many people are never where they really want to be.” Ashleigh Brilliant.
Where do you want to be?
Where do I want to be?
This is An Interesting Thought.
For far too many people they really do not want to be where they are at present. I heard of a recent survey of people here in Australia that revealed that a huge percentage of people not only don’t like what they do, but that they actually hate their work. I can’t remember the percentage, but it was something like 80%. This has huge implications for managers and corporations.
Where do you want to be with your writing?
Are you happy with where you are heading with your writing? I would guess that most writers are happy just being a writer; the alternative is working in a job that shackles you to a desk or a bench or a counter in a shop. That can be a nightmare to put up with on a day by day basis. A daily job can be so exhausting that there is nothing left in the creative tanks when you get home at night. I should know; I tried teaching AND writing for 35 years. I didn’t work and it caused much frustration.
Where are you with your blogging?
The demands of blogging can also have some inbuilt frustrations. Many blogging gurus suggest at least one post every day, some promote the idea of doing more than that. Many bloggers get frustrated with lack of traffic and little income. They start off in a flurry of activity and soon realise they’ve run out of ideas. Blogging becomes just another job with poor returns for effort made.
The Secret of Success with Writing and Blogging
The secret of success in the writing life and in the blogging life is that there is no secret.
Sure, there are hints and tips and strategies and ideas that can help you along the way, but the only sure way to success in writing and blogging is the same as in most other pursuits – hard work, persistence and a never give up attitude.
Links:
- Brilliant Thoughts in Seventeen Words or Less – Ashleigh Brilliant
- Just a thought – more thoughts in this series I have written.
- Just a thought – about writing and life.
- Just a thought – the trouble with work.
Just a thought – about transmitting data
I’ve discovered a wonderful way to transmit data from mind to mind: it’s called talking. Ashleigh Brilliant
Ashleigh is only half right.
Data can also be transmitted by writing.
Just a thought – about words, ideas and pegs
“All words are pegs to hang ideas on.”~ Henry Ward Beecher
Words.
Words are the tools of trade for the writer. There are so many words and so many ways to combine them. Everyone can put a few words together; sometimes they even make sense. (Have you ever received those spam emails made up of words at random? Why do people bother?)
The skill in making sense with words is how you combine them, throwing them together until they make some kind of sense. That makes a sentence. A few sentences glued together make a paragraph. Several paragraphs strung together can make an article, or a story or a letter. Put together enough and you might make a book.
Ideas.
We all have ideas. When we take those ideas and write about them, others can understand what we are thinking. Those ideas can amuse, entertain, horrify, persuade, encourage, offend or inspire us. But ideas without words to hang them on are just that: ideas. They remain within us, unexpressed, untouched and unloved.
Ideas are everywhere, in the simple, common, everyday things of life. Hang those ideas on the pegs called words and everyone can see your ideas hanging out there in the sunshine.
That is why I am a writer.