Fear

Positivity is like a flame, you have to keep it burning.  Before long negativity will come along like a rainy day and dampen the flames until they are extinguished.  Yes it's good to be realistic but what's the harm in imagining the good rather than the bad.  One positive remark will lift the spirits, one negative one can crush them.  Which one do you think has the most lasting effect? 

For so long I often believed that it just wasn't meant to be if there were too many obstacles. 
'Maybe this is fate trying to tell me something.' I would tell myself.  'If it's meant to be then it will work itself out.'  But surely if we want something badly enough then it's worth pushing past the obstacles to reach our goal. 

I've recently begun a Creative Writing course.  It is part of my journey to my degree in Literature.  I'm so excited about it; this is after all ultimately the dream.  However, I can't tell you how difficult I have found the first assignment.  I've had a mental block whenever I sit down to write.  I've been absolutley fine with the exercises; I'm keeping a writers notebook, freewriting, clustering, have even tried my hand at haiku.  This assignment though has been a struggle.  I know why too.

Fear, that's all. Fear nipping at my heels.  The fear of getting a bad result, maybe, this is when I find out that writing is not for me.  Oh but I really want it to be.  So what do I do?  I push through the obstacles and eventually I will reach my goal.