Category Archives: #DailyWritingChallenge

Gratitude is a shield against existential dread…

It’s taken me years to realise that fitting in is not the goal.  Honesty is more important than fitting in. 

I am afraid too, but I’d never admit it.  So with heart beating in my chest, I traipse off into the darkness of the cabin to sort out the situation.

I discovered the Daily Writing Challenge – a community of people online who knew nothing of my circumstances but were continually kind and encouraging in their comments and responses.  This community of kind people who I had never met gave me something positive to think about at a time when I needed it most.

At the start of lockdown I decided to use writing to create a positive daily habit and to also help me process my emotions about what was going on in the world. I started the #DailyWritingChallenge with the pledge to write every day, it was a pledge to myself. I shared this idea on TwitterContinue reading “The #DailyWritingChallenge Day 101: Reflections”

Who am I? What do I do? Why do I do it? What is my purpose? What impact do I have? What will my legacy be?  What kind of human being do I want to be? How do I want to be remembered? 

We long to be seen.
We long to be heard. 
We long to be accepted.
We long to be valued.
We long to be loved. 

We long to…be.