…Writing Is, Too
When I was in high school, I walked into my Grade 12 English class, stoked to learn my boyfriend would be in the same class. But the next day, he handed me a note saying that “God did not want this relationship to work out.”
How could I compete with God???
It turns out “God” was right.
Years later, I met an old high school friend who, it turns out, is the love of my life. We’ve now been together for almost 25 years. You know what I discovered? He was in that very same English class! The one I was despondent about because of that other guy. Had I known my true love was sitting there…
We can never predict how we’re going to achieve our ends. In high school, I thought I was doomed to a life of spinsterhood; yet all along, my prince was there.
I don’t know how I’ll make my mark as an author, but I suspect the more I try to plan it, the more it may backfire.
Since I could never have predicted the outcome of my love life, maybe that crazy, who-the-hell-knows attitude is just as relevant in my writing. It gives a me wonderful sense of freedom. I can’t plan everything, so maybe I can just enjoy the ride.
And maybe someday, in ways I can’t yet imagine, I’ll find the writing success of my dreams—even dreams I didn’t know I had.
Maybe, in ways you can’t imagine, you will too. 🙂