The Softer Writer; How Being Sick Can Make Us Better

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I’ve been home, sick, for two weeks. Coping, as one does with a serious virus, with a two steps forward, one step back–or two steps back, one step forward–progression and resolution. Which means I’ve been inside a lot, outside some, and attempted a return or two to normalcy only to discover that I was not ready to return to normal. Called my doctor, saw her when my condition worsened, and visited my pharmacy. Twice.

While this happened, life did not stop.

Writing As Aversion Therapy, Or Buddha Writer, Come Quick!

(June ’09)

I am so discouraged with my writing right now that I’ve been wondering if writing isn’t a form of aversion therapy.

Milton, No Less

I am not known for quoting Milton, but I ran across this today, and it resonates:

“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.”