I Didn’t Write It

It’s funny how the story with the highest rating, in my ENTIRE blog roll, is one that I didn’t write. It was titled: A Jew from the Holocaust helps save the world TODAY- ……..

As much as I like to think that I’m a great writer, and as often as I try to write articles that I’d enjoy reading or find edifying, there are better writers in the world. When I think about this, I’m reminded of several of my teachers who pounded home the fact that there will ALWAYS be someone out there that is better, faster, or smarter than me.

They weren’t trying to tell me that I didn’t measure up, and they weren’t being cruel, just honest.

There is ALWAYS going to be someone with more experience out there or someone who can build a better camp fire, run a faster mile, or play an instrument better than we can. Does that mean that we shouldn’t try? Does it mean that we can’t improve or that our improving won’t matter?

No, no, and no, respectively.

“If it were easy, everyone would do it”- Loki (Thor’s adopted brother).

If it’s a past time that gives you joy or presents an enjoyable challenge or brings you closer to an end goal, then KEEP PUSHING. There’s no birth of a wonderful human being, (or Earth shaking invention or policy making) without “pushing”.

This is why I keep writing. I know that someday, my original pieces will get as many reads as the one about the Jewish man that survived the Holocaust to help us to beat Covid.

It’s also why organizations like the ACLU keep pushing our politicians for better laws and regulations regarding equal justice for people of color and our LGBTQ communities. They know that change is needed, and change only comes with persistence in pushing.