Fun to Boring

Here I am first time driving on the freeway. I'm nervous at first, I mean it's my first time driving at 70 mph. After a while though that fear melted away and it was fun driving at the high speeds. Then a while later it wasn't that exciting anymore and I end up zoning out on the road. However, after turning on some music and passing a semi or two it goes through the cycle all over again.

 What's the point to this story? Well just like driving on the freeway, your dreams can go through that same cycle. When I'm working on a new writing project to get where I wanna go, at first, it’s exciting. You visualize it all the time, trying to imagine what it will be like when its finally ready to go out into the world. In fact, the project can be compared to a child. The day you birth the idea for the project is joyful, you hold your child imagining all that’s in its future. Children and projects, however, include the responsibility of nourishing them, teaching them, and letting it grow. Now this can be tiring.

  I can tell you there will be days where you will not want to work with your dreams. If you’re not careful it could turn into weeks. But just like a child, it won't grow up into a beautiful and amazing masterpiece without your hard work and effort. I know it's gonna be hard believe me. I struggle with this too. You just got to look in the mirror and say "No. I will nourish her, keep her safe, let her learn, and through that I will learn to be the person I'm meant to be for her and for me, because she is my child and I'm the only one who can help her be who she needs to be as well as to be ready for the world." And I know it's odd that I'm comparing a child to a dream, but you raise and care for both like a parent. And have the same defensive instincts for a dream that a parent would have for their child. You go through the same joy when it flourishes and the same sadness when it's rejected.


  You must be there for it always. It's not going to succeed without you. Even when it’s boring or hard, you need each other, because it gives you purpose and you give it life. Never give up on your dreams, because that feeling you'll get when you see its potential fulfilled will be worth all that hard work.

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