tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525161379578984040.post1788282123427384031..comments2023-12-15T00:45:21.381-05:00Comments on Unmapped Country: Angst is Okay, Thank Golly GoshHope Perlmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599511890390199730noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525161379578984040.post-48489561891152483742012-08-23T07:23:54.244-04:002012-08-23T07:23:54.244-04:00I find a lot of pleasure in my blog, too. I really...I find a lot of pleasure in my blog, too. I really love that people read it--I'd love for more to comment, but I'm happy to have readers. Like you, I get a thrill when I touch a nerve in a helpful way. Sometimes I think that the blog could be enough--but then that mood passes.<br /><br />Your description of how positive thinking works for you makes a lot of sense to me. I think I must operate along similar lines. Rejection is hard, but I'm trying to keep going, and that does make me uncomfortable. Hope Perlmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10599511890390199730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525161379578984040.post-54922989889881377222012-08-23T06:02:09.920-04:002012-08-23T06:02:09.920-04:00It doesn't mean you will never succeed. What ...It doesn't mean you will never succeed. What it DOES mean is that we all have to continually challenge ourselves to think creatively and "outside the box." I'm finding a big 'ole lesson in having started my blog and self-publishing my newest mystery series. I'm being called to reach out and connect with people in ways that I simply never did before. The result, so far, isn't that I'm selling books (not at all!).<br /><br />It's that for a less than self-confident person, I'm developing confidence. I see, on my blog, that I have useful and helpful things to say to other writers, for example, which I didn't know I possessed. It makes me feel damn good if I can reach out a hand to another writer and give that hand a squeeze of encouragement.<br /><br />So, it seems to me that the way positive thinking works is to tell yourself, and the universe, that you're eager to learn and move in directions you might not have been open to before. You're ready to leap, jump, DO, whatever it takes, even if it's unusual or makes you a little (a lot!) uncomfortable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com