celebrate!
My friend Jay Armstrong officially launched his first book today!
We met years ago through stories on screens. I was immediately drawn to Jay’s openness and engagement with reality. In the opening pages of Bedtime Stories for the Living, Jay thanks the hole in his brain for gifting him perseverance and patience. It takes a real hero to see his brain disease as a gift, yes?
Jay’s perspective on life and its hurdles empowers his readers to examine and dance with their beliefs on what living is all about. He extends an invitation to (wo)man up and aspire to be better… not richer, more powerful, or more successful… simply a better human.
Today in his newsletter from Write On, Fight On, Jay shares many of his beliefs.
https://writeonfighton.org/2021/12/03/i-believe/
(Click the link above to read Jay’s newsletter.)
I’d like to share one of my beliefs that popped out while discussing the art (?) of social media promotion with my new friend Annabelle yesterday. She hosts a podcast and blogs about getting in touch with what is inside of us as our measure for affecting what we experience as we go through life.
https://www.theinwarders.com
(Click the link above to visit Annabelle’s website.)
Oh! My belief!
I believe that if we show up every day and do our best work — continue to learn, connect, and grow — amazing thing happen in our lives. Social media optional — awareness over promotion.
The strategy seems to be working for me. Look at the inspiring people appearing in my life — including you! ❤️
You can learn more about/purchase Jay’s book here:
https://writeonfighton.org/coming-soon-bedtime-stories-for-the-living/
Small world, Gail! Jay connected with me recently on Twitter, and I have his book on my to-buy list. You are right- amazing things will happen when we connect!
Quite a list! And a darned good one at that. When I studied psychology, the notion of self determination usually used the term Locus of Control. External locus included parents, teachers, societal pressures. Internal locus as you might imagine involves efforts to learn and express our true selves. To develop characteristics and strivings consistent with same. As a rebel I was generally at war with my parents, corrected my teachers pronunciations and knowledge of world geography, and generally disregarded the good traits any of the above possessed. I thought I was at war with them but over time came to see I was at war with myself. Using locus of control, I lacked helpful guidance to explore my talents and strivings yet feared sticking my neck out to risk being authentic. Chasing my tail as it were! But it’s never too late to seek peace with myself. Start where you are?