I laughed out loud when this arrived in the mail from my sister, Michele, the other day. And, today, when I posted it as my profile picture on Facebook, I laughed some more. The little one-inch button has impact. Big things do come in size small. That’s reassuring.
I’m working on a major writing project…sorry, it’ll be awhile before I can say much about it. Like an unborn child, it needs to incubate. I will say that it is a new screenplay and, so far, the foundation work is being laid in nicely. I just have to make sure I keep up the rhythm and don’t let myself be too distracted.
However…
I’ve realized, just today, that I not only enjoy the smaller, less intense projects of writing for this blog, making a verse or a song and, yes, the dialogue I take part in on Facebook…I need it. It helps me breathe easier, laugh and connect. It keeps me tethered to the moment at hand, to what’s happening now. It’s grounding without being restrictive. I can drift off into the clouds with my big baby, but slip down occasionally to the kitchen for eats, to the common room for thoughtful, emotional–sometimes comical–moments with my Facebook pals and/or non-virtual friends…or to steal away here in the attic to put together a wee byte to share with you on the veranda.
It’s good to be discliplined and devoted to whatever we feel passionately about. But it’s important to give ourselves a break, to cue our serious side not to take itself quite so seriously. And, if the BIG thing seems altogether elusive, to pay attention to the little things that bring satisfaction, perhaps even joy, right now. It is from them that the larger picture is dreamed…and drawn…and made real.
Size small is good, even if it’s simply a place to begin when it feels like you’re cluelessly wandering from room to room.
moya 
I wander intensely in my mind but I usually don’t have too far to go. Nice slice of the writer’s mind depicted here. Good on you for getting to it.
You ARE my muse… keep it comin’ my mellifluous Moya…♡