“It’s like I get into a roller coaster, and sit there while it goes up and down and upside down and sometimes I get thrown out and I hit my head, but I crawl back in again and the moment I’m back in, it just keeps on going and going again…all of this, so I can find things out and then I write about the things I find out so you can find them out from me. All the bruises, all the wounds, all the bumps on the head, all the scars, just so I can take that and I can write all these things, and sometimes I say “God, I don’t want to be in this roller coaster anymore.” But when I think about it, if I’m not right here, then where the hell would I be? On the sidewalk? I wasn’t born to stand on the sidewalk, I was born to fly around crazy in the sky!”
—C. JoyBell C.
Tagged: Away to the Sky by Anka Zhuravleva, blogging, cayenne, fly, happiness, Journaling, learning, so what, write, writers life, writing process
Lovely pix
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I think you need a pony, something Scottish. Saddle up.
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what a wonderful sentiment – yes lets stop being bystanders and get in the arena !!!
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I love the last line! “Born to fly around crazy…”
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I too believe you are in your natural element but using the seat restraint can minimize potential damage.
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Me too! I so related to the picture when I first saw it, and then the quote is perfect. Yes, Yes, Yes. Born to fly around crazy.. and then to write about it.
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So was I. And so I do, and AM. Kindred souls . . . .
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Reblogged this on foryour[eye] and commented:
surfing through waves of time & space
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Great post!
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I love the picture!
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The pic depicts that you are being dragged into doing something which you dislike.Being pulled by the external force i.e pressure.
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[…] The specific post is: https://courtingmadness.wordpress.com/2013/08/09/i-wasnt-born-to-stand-on-the-sidewalk/ […]
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