tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11493247.post112110313791568591..comments2024-01-23T16:50:16.627-06:00Comments on Musings from the Windowsill: Be fearlesslindaruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08641353710444426267noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11493247.post-1121811168518989412005-07-19T17:12:00.000-05:002005-07-19T17:12:00.000-05:00Sometimes I'm a bit too bold, whereby I forgot abo...Sometimes I'm a bit too bold, whereby I forgot about God, but go after my own agenda, whatever it may be at the time. So I have to step back and simplify things as if I were a child. <BR/><BR/>Great post. I thank God for my five year old. I watch her and think about how bold , but sensitive I need to be.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07932082084523211319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11493247.post-1121809612670212992005-07-19T16:46:00.000-05:002005-07-19T16:46:00.000-05:00Thanks everybody!LindaThanks everybody!<BR/>Lindalindaruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08641353710444426267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11493247.post-1121808697448132992005-07-19T16:31:00.000-05:002005-07-19T16:31:00.000-05:00Linda, I can so relate! This reminds me of a quot...Linda, I can so relate! This reminds me of a quote in a book I own about writing poetry: <I>"It's a very difficult life, being a poet. Like going to bed on TV and everybody looking. Like keeping a diary for the world's eyes. You have to be open for inspection, reveal all the dirty and beautiful things that happen to you. If you hide something, it will kill your poems..." Andrei Voznensky</I><BR/><BR/>I would say the same could be said of fiction writers too. Maybe that's another of God's little paradoxes -- the more honest we are, at the risk of tearing down others' illusions about us, the more potential our writing has to build others up.Violet N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16586574800230604652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11493247.post-1121801048984411182005-07-19T14:24:00.000-05:002005-07-19T14:24:00.000-05:00I'm fairly spontaneous and somewhat uninhibited, a...I'm fairly spontaneous and somewhat uninhibited, as long as I don't stop to think. The problems begin when I do stop to think. When I think about ME, I hesitate. I know my limitations, you see. The funny think is, though, that God doesn't seem to see me in the same way. He doesn't see all those limitations that I see. So when I stop and consider what God thinks, I'm far more fearless. I'm more willing to get out of the way and let me be ME without all the garbage attached.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11493247.post-1121138520249371672005-07-11T22:22:00.000-05:002005-07-11T22:22:00.000-05:00Good point, Linda. We spend (*I* spend...) too mu...Good point, Linda. We spend (*I* spend...) too much time wondering what people think, and not enough wondering what God thinks. May we be fearless. Amen.Valerie Comerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06674882711125123089noreply@blogger.com