As y’all know, I had to take a forced hiatus from writing. Heck, I was forced to pretty much give up doing much of anything besides lying in bed and occasionally forcing down food and drink. Being extremely ill Doesn’t leave much time for anything but survival and then recovery. There’s no brain space for much of anything beyond that. Slowly, there’s time and energy for other things. Reading–or listening–to a book. To watching TV beyond news and weather. When you’re a creative person, this is a tough adjustment. And by creative, I don’t mean just writing. Art. Crafts. Cooking. Any activity that gets your juices flowing. Heck, playing solataire or tic tac toe. Anyway, It’s been about six months now. A friend–also a writer who had to take a hiatus because time and brain power had to go to the day job–and I decided to dedicate the month of July to getting back up on the writing horse. The whole point was to be creative every day–whether it consisted of a 100 words or 10 pages edited. She is mostly writing. I’ve spent the first 2/3s of the month on edits but yesterday, I hit the next chapter and while I had scenes, I didn’t have a completed chapter that made sense from opening line to the hook at the end. That’s why today’s message from the Universe, while actually delivered much earlier this year makes perfect sense to me now.

Life? I kind of see it like this, Silver:

Second after second, illusion after illusion, miracle after miracle… an unending parade of opportunities to catch yourself in the act of creating.

Gotcha!
The Universe
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P.S. Here comes one now, Silver…

So, m’friends, cheers to life, illusion, miracles, and opportunities to create! Today, I’m on chapter 32 and have hopes of figuring out–from scratch–chapter 33. I’m creating new words and a new chapter. What are you creating today?