Commitment

My mind is drawing a blank today.  My first thought was I’ve got the dreaded “writer’s block” already.  But honestly I’m thinking it has more to do with the illness I’ve been battling for a few years now.  I’ll spare you the details of that because the details are not really the point of this post.

Thinking back to a couple weeks ago, I remember clearly the early emails I received from Bradley Will, co-founder of Learn to Blog.  He was thinking of doing a 30-Day Challenge to post and publish a blog a day.

I recall replying to one of his emails before the Challenge had begun, when he wanted to know who was “In!”  Who would make the commitment?

In my email reply I told him I was “In!” saying that even though I have a chronic illness and knew there would be days when the last thing I wanted to do was write, I’d still make the commitment.  And I told him that building a new website (thanks Clarke Hosp) and posting every day would bring me back to “the land of the living” and give me a new lease on life.  I had to make the commitment!  I saw it as a life-saver, a life-restorer.  And it has been!

But today is one of those days I had told him about.  Not feeling so swell all day.  So, here I sit, moving the pen across the paper – and something is happening here in spite of the circumstances…..

I am Writing!  And I am honoring a commitment I made!  And if that is all this post is about, well then, it is my truth and my reality for today; and I am willing to share that with my readers.

I find that each day I post and publish is yet one more breakthrough for me.

Those who have had, or currently have, an illness they never wanted nor asked for, will understand how big the little accomplishments become.  Each post represents a victory of David and Goliath proportions.  And each piece of writing is, for me, a pure blessing from God.  Each post is a step toward some form of healing.

So, today I am thankful – thankful for the gift of writing, thankful for another day to create and use God’s gift to me, and thankful for the victories large and small.

But I am especially thankful for you, my readers!  You keep me going.  Thank you!