Blog Manifesto

Blog Manifesto


This blog is dedicated, as the title would suggest, to the qualities of being young. We are young writers. We are playful and sensitive, fluid and changing. We are unashamed with our art. We wonder at the world, puzzle over the meanings of things and twirl in delight at images and ideas that float by, grabbing at them as they pass. We are curious and constantly inquiring and prying concepts open and taking assumptions apart. We are on the ground, close to the earth. We have bare feet and wiggle our toes into nature. We carry our blankies still and wrap up cozy and comfy with each other and tell ghost stories and shiver at creepy things. We laugh and we cry and we take a lot of naps, drained from our outings and exertions.

We write as gifts to each other, tying them up in ribbon and leaving them around for each other to find, hiding and waiting for the person to wake up and read. Surprise! We weave our stories together to create a bond. One writes, then the other. then another again. We have a shared reality that we have crafted, bit by piece by patch, by string. We write simple, honest authentic things, with our unique voices. You can tell each one of us from the other, without knowing who wrote what. Our voices are clear and gentle and original. We whisper and our personalities roar! Like children, our feelings are strong, our passion for what we write shakes us. We are moved and sometimes left breathless, by our own words or the words of each other. We cannonball into each others spaces. We fall backward into each others writing, like into a pile of leaves or a soft bed. We gobble and grin and ask for more. (footnote kudos to JC)

Then we go to bed, wake up to a new day and do it all over again!

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Trust me.

Trust is a big thing for me.  I want to be trustworthy and true.   I want people to be able to relax around me and not have to have their guard up.  I like to be dependable and predictable.

I need to be liked, but I also need to say what's true for me.  I don't want to do things just to go along and please people.  I want to trust that my friends are honest with me and tell me if they are bored, or uncomfortable, or busy.  I need honesty in my life.  I don't want to be humored or put up with.

I like to think the best of people, so it catches me a bit off guard when someone is hitting below the belt, but I pick up on it quick.  I am fast on my feet and quick to assert my rights to be treated fairly.

It wasn't always like that.   

I've spent a long time learning to trust myself.  It seems to be a life long lesson.  I second guess myself a lot.  

Did I do the right thing?
Could I have done it better? 
Was that okay?  Am I okay? 

What about now?  Am I okay now? 


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  1. SharonMarch 18, 2012 at 12:36 AM

    I guess being 'in the now' can have a downside if you are self-critical. You will be constantly self-checking....I am familiar with that. I don't do it much anymore. I wonder if self-acceptance comes with more age? I think it does. I know I am simply glad I did 'something' as the alternative is not good.

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  2. JCMarch 18, 2012 at 2:52 AM

    trust takes tremendous courage, my friend. and you have boatloads of courage. questioning self.. is both good and bad. i guess you have to find a balance.. and i think you have.

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