Words to live by: Trust No One
Just finished reading Pride and Prejudice, and oh my poor cold heart was just all warm and fuzzy afterward.
Nothing like a good book to lift your spirits when needed. I was tempted to tackle either Doctor Zhivago or Anna Karenina next because clearly I just want to hurt but then thought better of it and from a suggestion from a friend, decided that Sense and Sensibility should be next.
So I'm now reading Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton. I thought I needed a bit of a palate cleanser before I dived back into the reference period. Because nothing says palate cleanser like a bunch of Vikings!
Ok, on to this 30 writing challenge!
Day 4: Write about someone who inspires you.
Oh, this is just too difficult. I am not inspired by one single person. I am inspired by maybe one or two things a person does, but by a whole person? No.
Everyone has their faults, or traits we may not find endearing, and then there are things that they do that we elevate to levels of inspiration. But I don't know how at an early age I learned that we cannot put our full faith in someone else. Maybe it was too many years of watching The X-Files during my formative years and hearing this almost every episode:
I don't trust many people. So the same can be said on where I find my inspiration and how I find my inspiration in a person. You can be amazing or do something amazing, but I know you are not perfect and I'm not going to expect you to be.
And if we look at the last year or so in Hollywood, or even in the news, people in high positions have been falling. Stuff is being dug out of closets and the harsh reality that people are fallible (or just fucking terrible people) have pulled public figures off of the pedestal they and the public have built them. And I would be just distraught if a person I looked up was one of these people.
So again, I only find snippets of people to be inspiring, not the full person.
Except for the Obamas, and yes, I really really miss them.
Maybe what I need to do is find myself inspiring and just go from there. I've already let myself down (as well as a number of people), and I can only hold myself accountable for the things I do, so yeah, how much worse can I get? Things can only go up from here, and that story in itself is enough to be inspiring.
Again though, if I do have to pick, I'll go with the Obamas. Yes, both of them. When President Obama was in Office, I was proud to be an American, and Michelle Obama was just a breath of fresh air when it came to her grace and her hilarious personality. I miss them both terribly, especially with what followed.
Nothing like a good book to lift your spirits when needed. I was tempted to tackle either Doctor Zhivago or Anna Karenina next because clearly I just want to hurt but then thought better of it and from a suggestion from a friend, decided that Sense and Sensibility should be next.
So I'm now reading Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton. I thought I needed a bit of a palate cleanser before I dived back into the reference period. Because nothing says palate cleanser like a bunch of Vikings!
Ok, on to this 30 writing challenge!
Day 4: Write about someone who inspires you.
Oh, this is just too difficult. I am not inspired by one single person. I am inspired by maybe one or two things a person does, but by a whole person? No.
Everyone has their faults, or traits we may not find endearing, and then there are things that they do that we elevate to levels of inspiration. But I don't know how at an early age I learned that we cannot put our full faith in someone else. Maybe it was too many years of watching The X-Files during my formative years and hearing this almost every episode:
And if we look at the last year or so in Hollywood, or even in the news, people in high positions have been falling. Stuff is being dug out of closets and the harsh reality that people are fallible (or just fucking terrible people) have pulled public figures off of the pedestal they and the public have built them. And I would be just distraught if a person I looked up was one of these people.
So again, I only find snippets of people to be inspiring, not the full person.
Except for the Obamas, and yes, I really really miss them.
Maybe what I need to do is find myself inspiring and just go from there. I've already let myself down (as well as a number of people), and I can only hold myself accountable for the things I do, so yeah, how much worse can I get? Things can only go up from here, and that story in itself is enough to be inspiring.
Again though, if I do have to pick, I'll go with the Obamas. Yes, both of them. When President Obama was in Office, I was proud to be an American, and Michelle Obama was just a breath of fresh air when it came to her grace and her hilarious personality. I miss them both terribly, especially with what followed.
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