HAPPY IN ATTEMPTING
Dear readers,
Hello!!
This post is going to be something very special. Last year, in the second half of 2018, I saw a post on my friend's social media. It was a post where she had shared a publishing company's post. That post spoke about a new concept that the company wanted to create, a compilation of open letters. The post was encouraging people to write an open letter about anything and to anyone.
Me being a person to do all sorts of crazy things inquired about the post. I was informed that I had to submit my letter through email by date: "A"th of that month.
Unfortunately my exams were going to take place in that week. Thus, I did not have any time to write an article. On the "A"th day, I came back home by 5 p.m . I was too exhausted to do anything. I had been so busy with all my studies that I forgot about the letter.
At 10 o' clock in the night I remember that I have to send in an entry and the entry closes at midnight.
OH NO! Fortunately I had thought about some ideas previously. I chose an idea and started writing.
Now I take a lot of time to write , I try and think of ways which will be better for me to express myself. Let us say , I take five to six hours to write one single post.
Anyway i forced a few of my friends to be awake with me , so that they can help me edit my language and give me opinions as to whether what I have written is enjoyable. Fortunately I have some amazing friends. Anyway I manged to send in my entry at 10 minutes left to midnight. HUFF!! what a lot of work.
Now please note this fact, the reason why I wanted to send in my entry was not because I wanted to be selected but because I would have a good experience and above all this is the kind of work I love to do .
Expressing myself through my writings is something I look forward to. This blog has been my first step towards making myself to do something that I love and enjoy. As soon as I sent my letter, I received immediate satisfaction. In that moment I was genuinely happy and proud. I waited to get a response from the publishing company but did not get any. Eventually, I gave up and forgot about it.
So what did we learn today?
We learnt that if one just completes their duty without thinking about the results , they will simply be happy and at peace. The nervousness of what the result might be will not affect your calmness.
I did a duty to myself, a duty to follow what my mind thinks is right and what my heart feels is right. eventually I was just happy by trying and was not disappointed by the results.
Most of the times we know what we like, all we need to do is follow our sense of truth , find our happy place. Of course you have to prioritize. Sometimes you need to ask your happiness and calmness to take a back seat ,in order to perform other things, but that is a different topic all together. I will discuss that some other day. Until then remember to follow your heart your gut feel but never at the cost of others happiness.(P.S. that is one other topic all together)
LOVE,
TRISIM.
TRISIM.
{ Also turns out I did receive a mail from the publishing company. the mail had gone to my spam box.
So basically I am going to be a published writer. EEEEEEEEEE}
