Tortoise or Hare?
I’ve come to the conclusion that it doesn’t matter how fast I run this publishing race, I’m not going to reach the finish line until God wants me to. So as I finish up edits on my current WIP, I’m looking toward the future and plan on stopping to smell the roses! That means slowing my writing down which would be like a snail instead of a tortoise!
Why slow down? If my writing career is in God’s hand, and I ultimately have no control over when I publish, why should I “kill” myself in the process. I’ve already “written” away so much time with my children, time I’ll never get back. If God’s timing is perfect, then even if I polish it in 3 months, which ain’t happening, it probably won’t be God’s timing. Right?
Or maybe my thinking is all wrong! Maybe it’s not so much the timing as in “when my kids get this age, then God will give me the green light.” Maybe it’s the timing of “the book” he wants me to write, which in that case, my whole theory of slow and steady wins the race is off, and I need to put on my running shoes!!!!
What’s your take on this? Where are you in your writing career, or in getting your “dream?” Tortoise or hare?
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Is it possible to have the body of a tortoise and a full head of hare. Ha Ha. Sorry, for the goofy joke. As I was reading the first few paragraphs I kept thinking there was some rich wisdom in this post and at the end I got all confused again.
So, I’m going to be some odd combo of the two.
June 25th, 2009 at 6:03 am~ Wendy
Man, that’s soooo true about “writing away time with the children.” I wish I understood God’s timing, then maybe it wouldn’t be such a struggle!
June 25th, 2009 at 1:35 pmI think you have found true wisdom, Gina. Sometimes the pressure I feel to get published, being a faithful steward of the talent the Lord gave me (at least I hope), I think is pressure I put on myself. I really don’t hear Him telling me to kill myself in the process and sometimes I find myself going full steam. Ah, God’s timing. I think the key is being diligent, faithful, and keeping pace. That may mean moving fast when He gives the go ahead, but in the meantime I’m trying to take it a little more in stride.
June 25th, 2009 at 1:54 pmGreat thoughts and words of wisdom, ladies! I just hope I can head my own advice. It’s hard being a choleric and slowing down the pace. My nature wants to “hare it!”
June 25th, 2009 at 3:55 pmI have been both tortoise and hare at different times in my life and am learning to let go of my dreams and open myself to God’s dreams. Currently, I’m a tortoise who is fully enjoying the raising of my daughter. But I hope that I’ll be atune to His voice when He prompts me to “begin again.”
June 27th, 2009 at 2:51 amI find that my writing goes through times where I have to spend more time (like a hare) and other times where I can slow down and smell the roses, which is what I’m doing right now! Tonight I pushed my daughter on the swing and watched her jump on the trampoline and listened to her sweet three year old dreams. It was a precious moment. I’ll take them when I can.
June 28th, 2009 at 6:03 pm