I’m participating (finally) for the first time to my dearie Jade‘s Writer’s Quote Wednesday (WQW) and my first quote is from the Still I Rise woman, Maya Angelou and her words that have been “the force” that pushed me to write this blog almost three years ago. (Woah! Time flies! :D)
In my first post, Agony published August 28, 2014, I quoted her and said:
“It has been eight years since I dreamed of having a blog. Something I can call my own. Honestly, I have fears of bashers and grammar Nazis. People who might critique my write-ups. People who might oppose my opinions. Yes, it took me those long years to have the courage to publish my thoughts, my views and my what-not’s. Now it will be all available for the viewing and reading netizens. I am now ready for either praises or rejections, for either wow! or boo!, for anything that this blogosphere has in store for A Reading Writer like me.”
I closed the first post with: “Now my agony has ended.”
Fast forward almost three years after pressing that publish button, I am clearly far from the blogger who I was before. I’m just a reader before. A book reviewer. A fangirl of Nicholas Sparks and Mitch Albom and Jason Mraz and Sara Bareilles.
Now, I am still a reader. Still a fangirl. Still a dreamer. But now, a poetess (or I assume I am :D), a self-published author of my first baby “Between My Bleeding Lines” (a struggling one for that matter), a writer by profession and by hobby.
Has the agony ended? In telling my story, not yet.
For each day opens up a new poem. A new story. A new blank page. A new clean slate. A new struggle. A new battle. A new courage. A refilled bottle of bravery.
To write.
To live.
To dream.
To breathe (words).
For there is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
Let’s breathe some more, shall we?
Cheers to that! I read this post with a smile, wow, how time flies indeed. 😄 that is an amazing quote, I love it.
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awww. indeed! thank you, Ameena!
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Well, let it all out and enjoy the ride!
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ah yes! Thank you, Walter! 🙂
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Keep writing….there is so much to tell and share.
I love the inspiration received from ….the wisdom of Maya Angelou.
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thank you! 🙂 i will. And Maya indeed is a wise woman.
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Refilled bottle of bravery really speaks to me 🙂 And I LOVE that Maya quote…the untold story is indeed agonizing.
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awww. thank you sissy love. ❤ ❤ ❤ Maya is indeed an inspiration. Sending you hugs!
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Hugs back to you–see you after the little ‘vaca’ 🙂
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im baaack sissy love! 😀
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Yaaaayyyyy! 🙂
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Keep writing, sweetie. You ARE a poetess. A fantastic one at that 😘😘
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It is always the first step that is the hardest Rosema and now, three years on look, where you are now. Your book sits on my bookshelf between, Sylvia Plath and Wilfred Owen 🙂 Nice post.
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And that is amazing to know. that little tiny book is there. hehe. thank you, Davy! thank you so much! a photo would be great! 😀
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I will get one to you soon Rosema 🙂
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awww! im excited 🙂
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🙂
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Wonderful Rosey!
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There is nothing really more agonizing than keeping an untold story….way to go Rose .
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Ahh your first Writer’s Quote Wednesday! I hope it’s the first of many! And I agree with the quote; to those of us who express ourselves through writing, there is no agony like a story untold.
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ah i hope so too! i missed past two weeks. geez. hehe. thank you dearie Jade!
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So true.
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thank you!
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