Applied courage

50,000 words is just one, maybe two, days away.

It has come so much easier this time. I’m not sure why, but I am grateful. Perhaps last time it was because 50,000 words was unimaginable. Could I write that much? I never had. Let’s find out. It was arduous, like wading through waist deep waters thick with blood suckers. But I crawled up on the shore completely elated! This time it took less courage. I new what that far shore felt like, what suffering must happen in-between here and there. It hasn’t been easy, but it has been part of ordinary life (and I fear that the writing reflects that ordinariness too, but that is for another day).

However, I am grateful to be reminded that each time we do the unimaginable, our realm of possibilities expands. What once beyond our wildest dreams is now doable. This magic transformation happens, each and every time we take that risk, almost without fail.

So what is unimaginable to me now that I hope to make be totally doable one day soon? Where is the next frontier ready for the steady application of courage? Where is it for you?

I know my answer.

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