Today was one of those days, I was seriously questioning my sanity for starting this project of 365 days of continuous blogging, not to mention adding on top of it blog challenges after blog challenges, and participation in blogging events to help keep me motivated each day.
Then I open my email, and discover the comments left for different posts, and the new readers, who took time to click on the "follow blog", and I felt completely (((hugged))) with this wonderful feeling of doing the right thing because I know somewhere in the future the random frustration behind this daily writing will be filled with wonderful stories of friendships formed, wisdom learned, a deeper appreciation of simple actions leading to great changes.
I graciously thank Maria, who writes at MISSION: Fertile Soul, for The Versatile Award, which she bestowed on me today! Her comment on my previous post, "Veni, Vidi, Vici:" literally saved my day by inspiring my post for today, and lifting my sagging blogging spirit. ☺
1. Winners grab the image above and put it on your blog.
2. Link back to the person who gave it to you.
3. Tell 10 things about yourself.
4. Award 15 recently-discovered bloggers.
5. Contact the bloggers you have awarded to let them know they have won.
I will be writing another separate post about this on Sunday since I would like to dedicate more time and focus on numbers 4 & 5, which I sadly do not have today.
The girls will be in Germany for the May vacation; preparation for our trip over the weekend to bring them there, and attend to last minute school events are keeping me busy.
At this point, I have to sadly admit that I am totally behind with my commenting for ICLW. My plan of alloting time in the early morning and some more in the evening before I turn in for bed did not work out completely. In the midst of potty training the littlest and all other daily chores/activities I have to attend to, I spread myself thin, I think. There is yet another lesson learned towards simplifying life: admit when things get overwhelming because the instant you do, the overwhelming feeling disappears!
Here is hoping the next time I will be jubilant with my personal ICLW goal. Definitely the event introduced me to wonderful new bloggers, who graciously visited my humble blogging corner, and all generously left wonderful comments, and that I see as a success in itself!
As A to Z Blogging Challenge April 2011 nears it's end, I await the onset of May with a new blogging challenge and look forward to participating in WordCount Blogathon 2011. More about it on Sunday as well! I am hoping the challenge will help me improve my writing, move the focus once more to communicating better, rather than obsessing over unimportant details.
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday, may you let go of overwhelming feelings if you have them, by simply acknowledging the feeling!
I believe if you cannot celebrate the simple joys of being acknowledged for your efforts, no matter how simple they are, you will never truly know joy in it's pure form once you have reached your ultimate goal. ~ paper
Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Sherry!
ReplyDeleteIt feels great to share this simple joy with fellow blogger friends, who were there at the beginning of my journey as a blogger. :)
Joanna aka paper ~
Congratulations on winning the award! And it looks like you've gotten yourself set up nicely for the next major challenge to come your way!
ReplyDeleteJust saying hello from the A-Z Challenge! It's a pleasure to meet you.