Perfectionism is a constant companion. It can be quiet for days, weeks, sometimes even months. It’s biding its time, waiting to strike. When it does, it fights dirty. A kick or punch to the kidneys. An elbow to the center of the back.
Find a Quiet Place
You’re my quiet place of retreat;
I wait for Your Word to renew me.
— Psalm 119:114, The Message
Do One Thing
Do one thing today, even if it’s something small like washing the dishes or sweeping the floor. – Write Right
Waiting for Ravens
The word of the Lord came to him [Elijah], saying, “Go hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. It shall be that you will drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there.”
So he went and did according to the word of the Lord, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook. It happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
1 Kings 17:2-7, NASB
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Hope for the Hopeless
Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.
Psalm 42:5, NASB
Take a Break (from the Writing)
I am a strong proponent of establishing and keeping a writing practice. I am an equally strong advocate for taking a break from it. Rest is needed, no, required.