Reflections: A Book

Serial firsts: love and fear.

Serial Prompt! Part One: Prompt for January 29, 2014 ("30-Day Blogging Challenge" ) is: Give me your best advice when trying something new. On the first day (today), tell me the story of when you tried something for the first time and failed. What did you do after that? On the second day (tomorrow), tell me about a future plan to try something new (a New Year's Resolution perhaps?). We all know writing down our goals can help in motivating us to achieve them - so don't delay! *Wink* Your blogging peers will support you!

In the fourth/fifth grade I won my classes spelling bee and was awarded the privilege to represent us in the school spelling bee. It was my first public speaking event I can remember. Parents were there and everything. No one wanted to go first so I puffed out my symbolic rooster chest and volunteered. I was the first one to spell a word....and the first one to sit down. Note to self: take deep breaths and remain calm.

What did I do after that? Well I became a writer of course.

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Which is a more powerful emotion: love or fear? Why do you think so?

Oooo which is primary, the chicken or the egg? Again, perhaps not the best analogy but then perhaps maybe. I say love because I'd rather love than fear, but if you truly love someone won't you fear losing them? And fear is very powerful, but master Yoda said that breeds anger and I don't want to lose my arms and legs and have to become a black cyborg. But if you fear something is it because you love the opposite of what makes you afraid?

I choose love.