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The
Excellent Writer Within By
MICHAEL LEVY THE
ART OF good writing comes from the artist within. All humans have
the ability to become great authors, poets, artists and musicians,
etc., so why do most folks find it such a difficult task? Why do many
people say I could never be a writer or I could never aspire to write
poetry? Moreover, why do folks who do write grow discouraged when
their work is rejected? We are what we think, so if we believe
we cannot succeed in our daily actions, then for sure we will never
get away from our perception of what we think we are. This self-defeating
attitude was not of our making. As we were growing up and maturing
into adulthood, we were indoctrinated with thousands of negative thoughts.
This gave us a belief that we are only homemakers or only truck drivers.
This limited vision of our role in life gives us a limited life. People
the world over have great creativity. Once we start to understand
who we are and the reasons we exist, we start to cultivate eloquent
works of creativity. Just
writing worthy, meaningful literature will not get the success it
deserves unless we possess the resolve to carry on writing in spite
of the critics. There will always be those who criticize a writer,
no matter how well the composition. Rejection is an everyday experience
for most writers. This is a joy we must accept and grow from. Just
because someone does not like our essay does not mean it has no value.
It means it was not acceptable to the editor or book reviewer who
was reading the essay. We
can do two things when we feel constant rejections. We can give up
and say it was not meant to be. Alternatively, we can say, "How
do I become a better writer and have my work accepted by more of the
establishment?'" Once a small section of the general public starts
to take an interest in our writing, the sheep mentality of the "establishment"
will no doubt follow. It always has. It always will. Success breeds
success. Until
we can find the inner core of creativity and start to write from the
soul, we will never become great writers. We may achieve a modicum
of success by writing a few columns for a newspaper or magazine but
that could keep us in a vacuum. We can scrape a living, but may not
amass a fortune, for we are trying to write and trying will never
cut the mustard. The
secret to excellent writing is to enjoy with ecstatic abandonment
each letter and syllable we put down on paper. The pure joy of writing
makes us successes; nothing else will. Those who tell us we have to
struggle and sweat have not grasped true meaning in their lives. We
need no approval of any human to be a success. Stop
trying to become a success. We are successes already. We were born.
We are the success of life. The sperm hit the egg and here we are...
Hello world! Everything
else we do and achieve is just a bonus. Life
is to be enjoyed, not endured. Joy brings true meaning to life. Now
the next question to ask is "what is joy?" What does joy
mean and how do we achieve it? Look within, take time to silence the
mind and feel the texture of nothingness. Smell the perfume of celestial
splendor. Discover the sound of cosmic waves flowing though your subconscious
mind. Palpate infinity. Breathe eternity. Conceive the splendor of
maturating into the essence of a successful writer. Be the word, become
the poem, and live the adventure. Everything we do is inscribed in
our soul’s book of life. We just need to learn how to read the instructions
written within every cell and molecule of our being. Each
tissue and sinew bleeds muscular power of infinite, majestic might.
Fly on the wings of limitless mastery. Escape the shrouded cocoon
and become the enchanting butterfly. The dreams of authentic reality
are about to manifest a rainbow of magical delights: "Write
on Time" _____ "Compose in Space" ©
2007 by Michael Levy. Michael Levy is the author seven books:
What is the Point?, Minds of Blue Souls of Gold, Enjoy Yourself -
It's Later Than You Think, and Invest with a Genius. His two latest
books are The Joys of Live Alchemy and Worry Causes Wrinkles |
