My friend Carolyn was blessed by God with the gift of discernment. Last night, in despair, I told her, “I can’t do this anymore.” She said, “Janie, you are a great writer, but you are editing the wrong book and making yourself sick. Stop it.”
Just like that! She knows me really well. First: encouragement--you are a good writer. Second: You are stressing yourself over something you don’t want to do and wasting time on the wrong thing. And third: Stop it.
I went to bed last night with a light heart and didn’t need anti-acids. I woke up this morning ready to edit what I’ve been wanting to edit instead of facing a job I was doing for a publisher I don’t know. Thank God for friends. They see right through us to the problems.
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