Tim Speer's Blog - Posts Tagged "intercesion-of-mary"
Swimming and Writing
I woke up this morning, not really any differently than a lot of mornings. My alarm was set early, so that I could get up and go swimming before work. Let me just say here that I swim to keep in shape, not because I really enjoy it. I look at swimming as somewhat of a drudgery, and this morning I was not particularly enthusiastic with either the prospect of getting up early, or swimming. Just the same, my wife and I said our morning prayers, and then I forced myself out of bed. I dressed, grabbed my duffel bag, and headed off to the pool.
Once I hit the water, I tend to feel relaxed and at peace. I wear a waterproof MP3 player, loaded with my Chistian music play list, clipped to my goggles. The music helps to break the monotony of swimming laps.
In the water, I am closed off from the outside world, hearing only my music, and seeing only the bottom of the pool. My thoughts turn inward. Sometimes I start out thinking about what I have planned for the day, or perhaps something I did the day before. Lately these thoughts have been short lived, and I soon start to think about my writing. Sometimes I'll get an inspiration for a blog post. But lately, it's been more often that I'll receive inspiration for my second book. One that I have only been thinking about writing, but now one that it appears more and more likely that I will in fact write. That was the case this morning.
So what was the subject matter of my inspirations this morning? They dealt primarily with the Eucharist, the intercession of Mary, and forgiveness (a major theme of the story). I swim not alone.
Once I hit the water, I tend to feel relaxed and at peace. I wear a waterproof MP3 player, loaded with my Chistian music play list, clipped to my goggles. The music helps to break the monotony of swimming laps.
In the water, I am closed off from the outside world, hearing only my music, and seeing only the bottom of the pool. My thoughts turn inward. Sometimes I start out thinking about what I have planned for the day, or perhaps something I did the day before. Lately these thoughts have been short lived, and I soon start to think about my writing. Sometimes I'll get an inspiration for a blog post. But lately, it's been more often that I'll receive inspiration for my second book. One that I have only been thinking about writing, but now one that it appears more and more likely that I will in fact write. That was the case this morning.
So what was the subject matter of my inspirations this morning? They dealt primarily with the Eucharist, the intercession of Mary, and forgiveness (a major theme of the story). I swim not alone.
