Saturday, April 2, 2011

Blessed or Cursed?

The creative mind is a strange one. I will carry us into fearful and wonderful places. We flirt with insanity as we work and rework our creations. So, are we Blessed or cursed?

I say it’s all in our attitude. If we say we are cursed then we begin to act that way. If, however, we say we are blessed then the crazy times don’t weigh us down so much. We can get through the edits, we can conquer the queries, and surmount the rejections.

Do you feel blessed or cursed right now? Why?

Note: This post is part of the A-Z Challenge. I will be posting Monday-Saturday during April corresponding to the letters of the alphabet.

54 comments:

M Pax said...

Blessed. I love what I do and we might not have to move. :D Yay!

Lisa Ricard Claro said...

Blessed! The power of positive thinking rules the day. :)

Aurora Smith said...

I think its a curse that we are blessed with!

LIKE TWINS! hehehe

Old Kitty said...

B for blessed!! I like this very much!! Oh ultimately blessed, I think. I think cursed as I plod through edits but blessed when I finish a sentence to perfection! Take care
x

Toby Neal said...

Wow, you're on B already, I'm only halfway through April Fool's on my side of the globe. And yes, I'm blessed.
Aloha
Toby
http://www.tobyneal.net/

Unknown said...

It's so hard to keep going, to be positive, isn't it.

DEZMOND said...

we are wonderfully cursed and we wouldn't want it to be any other way :)

Emily Rose said...

Oh this is a good one! I can't say if I am blessed or cursed...I think a little bit of both.:)

Southpaw said...

Blessed...at least right now.;)

Unknown said...

Both,depending on how many demands everyone else is putting on me. Blessed or cursed, can't have one without the other.

Lynda R Young as Elle Cardy said...

Alex, lol

M Pax, yay!

Lisa, yay for positive thinking :)

Read, hehe

Old Kitty, yes exactly!

Toby, yep, I'm ahead of my time ;)

Carole, but worth it :)

Dezzy, yes, yes and yes! So true!

Mist, indeed

Holly, yay

Siv, indeed

Sharon K. Mayhew said...

All the junk (ahem) we go through makes us who we are, so yes it is a blessing. The road we take makes us stronger better people even if it doesn't always feel like it or we don't understand it.

Myne said...

I call myself Blessed.

BTW, this is my first B I'm reading, still 6pm here. :)

Kiernan said...

Blessed. Because no matter what, anyone who tells stories for a living (or even just for fun) is enjoying life to the full. :-)

Ella said...

Wow, interesting post; I kind of feel both. I was published blessed, but my art work was covered up. They liked the way I wrapped it...cursed?!
Nice to meet you~

Anonymous said...

I feel very blessed...it's nice. ;)

Lisa Gail Green said...

Definitely blessed. :D

Denise Covey said...

I always feel blessed no matter what happens.

Denise<3

Michelle Gregory said...

it's a blessing most of the time, until either my ideas bother me when i'm trying to sleep, or i'm banging my head against the keyboard as i try to overcome writer's block (er.. perfectionism).

Summer Ross said...

Right now it is still Friday for me- but I think I feel blessed.

Marjorie said...

Hey, found you on the A-Z challenge. Your blogging advice is really helpful. Look forward to doing the challenge with you!

Deborah Walker said...

I feel priveledged. I got time to write, a community to interact with, all the books I desire, the world of the interenet.

Plus magazines let you send your stories. I was quite surprised about that, I thought they might have a list or something. I've got opportunity.

Good times.

Charmaine Clancy said...

I wouldn't swap places with anyone, so I feel I got a pretty good deal in life :)


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Anonymous said...

I feel blessed, because I'm an overall positive person. Despite the difficulties and obstacles, I enjoy writing and I'm accomplishing goals.

Jessica Bell said...

That's so true. One's mindset, I find, is always going to determine how one gets through life.

Talei said...

Have to say, feeling a little of the latter. RL has had me working late hours this week and delaying my editing progress. I shall overcome though, am sure!

Happy Saturday! ;-)

Jeff Beesler said...

Blessed, despite not working on the writing near as much as I normally do. Great post.

The Words Crafter said...

Blessed. All the time, even when I'm angry and stomping around and seething with creative ideas for revenge that I'd never, ever act on. Being blessed keeps me in check. Always.

I just happened to glance at your followers badge. Cool-right now it reads 555! Something about that just pleases me, lol :)

Zan Marie said...

Blessed! Especially since I've started with a prayer for words every morning and a dip into my devotional wip before I fire up the internet and check everything else. May all of you be blessed today.

Anonymous said...

My wife and I take this matter very seriously. We are truly blessed and I pray every morning that God would bless us as we are coming in and as we are going out. I've got to get us a door mat that says this.

Misha Gerrick said...

Blessed, because I get to do something I love with a passion, every day of my life.

(That's how I feel now, anyway.)

:-)

Regina said...

I feel very blessed. One day my mind will not be all together or won't work at all and I will be cursed. Right now I have to take advantage of all the creativity that I have right now.

Carol Riggs said...

Definitely blessed. Especially since I don't have to have a day job, so I can concentrate on what I love to do with more of the day at my disposal.

Happy weekend, Lyn!

Arlee Bird said...

I think it's a curse when we don't act upon our blessings. Easy as ABC.


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Trevor Peck said...

Blessed beyond measure! Grace and Peace.

KM Nalle said...

So blessed! Happy Saturday!

Rebecca Bradley said...

I'm not sure I would say I am blessed or cursed. I'm trying to work hard with the little time I have and the majority of the time I love it. Saying that though, I do feel a little cursed when i obsess about my word count!

Unknown said...

Most days I think it's both. But, I try to focus on what the blessing are.

Ellie Garratt said...

99% of the time I feel blessed. Then there are those dark moments were I think I must be mad or cursed!

Ellie Garratt

Anonymous said...

I'm feeling cursed at the moment because my internet keeps crashing. sighhhh

Rachna Chhabria said...

I feel both, Blessed as well as Cursed. If the writing is going good, then its a huge Blessing, if its not going all that well or I am battling distractions and disruptions , then I really feel Cursed.

Loved the previous post. I am currently reading Writing Craft Books to improve my writing.

Amie Kaufman said...

Absolutely blessed, though the title of my WIP is actually Cursed! I'm in a great revision groove right now and having a ball.

Talli Roland said...

Definitely blessed. There are so many good things in my life, it's hard not to!

Jan Morrison said...

Totally blessed and attitude is everything (see my first post in the challenge!) I know that if I look in the mirror one day and I'm fat and the next day I look great - it isn't the mirror and it isn't my body - it's my 'tude!
Jan Morrison

Tyrean Martinson said...

Blessed

Jamie Gibbs said...

Blessed is the only way to go about life. Anything less will take you down the path of insanity :) For a slightly more pessimistic look on it - things could always be worse :P

LTM said...

what a great reflection. At the moment, I'm feeling cursedly blessed... blessedly cursed? Decisions can be so stressful, so I'm trying to keep it in perspective.

Thanks for the uplift~ :o)

CherylAnne Ham said...

This post says it perfectly - it's all about perception and things are only as good or as bad as you let them be. Mostly I'm blessed with a sprinkle of cursed to keep me grounded. LOL. :)

jkraus8464 said...

Blessed, always blessed. I somehow, despite a rocky childhood with all kinds of physical and emotional trauma, ending up being the eternal optimist. Sometimes annoyingly so, I am sure. Love the rainbow. Will follow you to see where you head on the A-Z. Beautiful blog, BTW.

Lynda R Young as Elle Cardy said...

Sharon, yes, every experience we have -- good and bad -- shapes us into the writers we are.

Myne, yep, I'm ahead of my time here in Australia. I've set my posts to publish at 7am. (often I'm still in bed lol)

Kiernan, I love your reasoning :)

Ella, it is very much an up and down thing.

Ibdiamond, awesome

Lisa, yay

L'Aussie, great attitude!

Michelle, lol

Summer, it's a good way to be

Lynda R Young as Elle Cardy said...

Marjorie, looking forward to doing the challenge with you also :)

Deborah, good times indeed

Charmaine, yep!

Medeia, awesome

Jessica, so true

Talei, good luck :)

Jeffrey, yay

Words, That's fantastic...and you are such a sweetie :)

Lynda R Young as Elle Cardy said...

Zan, beautiful

Stephen, I need one of those door mats as well :)

Misha, awesome

Regina, yes, now is the time

Carol, yes! Me too :)

Lee, so true

Trevor, grace and peace indeed :)

Kari, great :)

Rebecca, haha I can relate

Clarissa, same. It's a good plan.

Lynda R Young as Elle Cardy said...

Ellie, 99% is good!

Niki, argh! I can't survive without the internet

Rachna, thanks..and that's good to hear :)

Amie, it's fantastic when we find the groove!

Talli, yes exactly

Jan, so, so true!

Tyrean, Awesome

Jamie, hahaha so true

LTM, hugs

CherylAnne, yes, good point. These thigns do keep us grounded.

Jeanne, thanks and welcome! I took Sunday of and I have a lot of catching up to do

SweetMarie83 said...

I feel blessed, most definitely. Even though I flirt with insanity on a daily basis, I'm doing what I love most in the world, the thing I've dreamed of doing since I could string a sentence together.