How not to judge myself too harshly...?
It has been a sad few days for me, Frank had to be returned following a traumatic event with one of my cats and then myself. We were thankfully only bruised, but my daughters life is too precious to put at risk, regardless of my love of animals.
That being said, it has made me reflect on how I judge myself, perhaps harshly in this case, we did the right thing, and who knows, perhaps we were only meant to help him take his first steps into learning???
But even as i write that, I feel I am just making myself feel better...
Judging? It's a quality we all have regardless of how much we try not to. We see a person and in an instant, we've made a judgement, either on their looks, or the way they speak, walk, what they're carrying...
When I first launched 'Echoes' I was interested in how people judge books by their covers, so I used what I considered a beautiful work of art by my darling friend, Paul. It wasn't full of colour, but quite an abstract design, which once the book was read, the reader would understand the picture, possibly!
But no one got it. Sales were minimal (family and friends mostly) So I found a fellow author who helped with covers and together we came up with another, which gives the reader clues perhaps of what the story is about? Sales have increased.
On the one hand - GREAT! Sales are good, but on the other, the story hasn't changed, it's still won an award, so I feel a bit sad that we still judge with our eyes.
I judged with my eyes with Frank. I saw in him remnants of our old beloved dog, Barnaby who died in May aged 15years. But Frank was not him, couldn't be the calm, loving dog I'd once had.
So I learned a valuable lesson this week, one I had already become aware of, but it seems, as a human, I still need reminding - don't judge. You never know someone's path and books - well, I've chosen books by their covers and found truly awful stories within! So, I've learned never to judge a book by its cover and never to judge a person by theirs.
http://www.pjroscoe.co.uk
Freya's ChildEchoes
That being said, it has made me reflect on how I judge myself, perhaps harshly in this case, we did the right thing, and who knows, perhaps we were only meant to help him take his first steps into learning???
But even as i write that, I feel I am just making myself feel better...
Judging? It's a quality we all have regardless of how much we try not to. We see a person and in an instant, we've made a judgement, either on their looks, or the way they speak, walk, what they're carrying...
When I first launched 'Echoes' I was interested in how people judge books by their covers, so I used what I considered a beautiful work of art by my darling friend, Paul. It wasn't full of colour, but quite an abstract design, which once the book was read, the reader would understand the picture, possibly!
But no one got it. Sales were minimal (family and friends mostly) So I found a fellow author who helped with covers and together we came up with another, which gives the reader clues perhaps of what the story is about? Sales have increased.
On the one hand - GREAT! Sales are good, but on the other, the story hasn't changed, it's still won an award, so I feel a bit sad that we still judge with our eyes.
I judged with my eyes with Frank. I saw in him remnants of our old beloved dog, Barnaby who died in May aged 15years. But Frank was not him, couldn't be the calm, loving dog I'd once had.
So I learned a valuable lesson this week, one I had already become aware of, but it seems, as a human, I still need reminding - don't judge. You never know someone's path and books - well, I've chosen books by their covers and found truly awful stories within! So, I've learned never to judge a book by its cover and never to judge a person by theirs.
http://www.pjroscoe.co.uk
Freya's ChildEchoes
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