My Trust-Gratitude-Inspiration Friday

I needed to get that last post out of the way so that I can focus on:

Trust!

Gratitude!

Inspiration!

Friday!

(In that vein, I wonder if there’s a post I can do to rid myself of exhaustion, because I’m pretty beat right now, and these are big concepts to take on while nodding off...)

Trust hasn’t been my strong suit this week. Let me come back to that.

Gratitude: I’m extremely grateful that the biopsy on my mole came back negative. And I’m also thankful that the hole they left in me is healing beautifully and not even itching as much as it was for a couple days there. (Handsome kept telling me, That means it’s healing. I kept telling him, That only goes so far, dude.)

Inspiration: I’m inspired this week by me. Or, rather, by you, The Preferred Daughter. I know I’ve been talking some trash (in this post, for example, and this one). But somehow with this blog, I’ve been significantly more likely to write, these days, and that’s good for both my emotional health and for my writing craft. In fact, I have found that many of my projects are being fueled by happy little bursts of energy that come from my pride in seeing myself doing this. That’s at once cheesy and self-congratulatory, which is a nauseating combination, I'll acknowledge. But it also happens to be true, so it stands.

Back at Trust: Hmmm. I think it counts, but I’m not totally sure how to put this... I’ve been trusting lately that if I just keep showing up, that’s enough. I don’t have to be great. I don’t have to be enthusiastic. I don’t have to be particularly skilled. I just have to show up, and keep putting one foot in front of the other. I don’t have to do it well, I just have to do it. This idea has had broad application in my life recently, and I think I’m better for it. More grounded. Anyway, I’ll take it.

So there you go. A little tepid, but present and accounted for: TGIF by The Preferred Daughter.

Happy Friday!