| Thursday, November 20, 2003 |
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Nov. 20, 2003
I am starting to get some weird intuitive moments lately. I am not even sure if that's what to call it, but let me share:
1. Last night while considering submitting an article to a larger magazine, I was reviewing the writer's guide lines and it required submitting two clips. being new to this, I only have 1 and I thought, how am I going to get more clips. I need 2. I figured I would just give up until I got one more. Two minutes later, and I am not exaggerating, the phone rang. It was my friend calling to congratulate me on my article. I had an article published and didn't even know it. I had my 2 clips. I am taking this as I sign that I should submit that article.
2. I went to pick up a copy of the magazine to see my article. Before I even opened it up I began thinking about what to submit next. The two things that came to mind first were a story about black Friday and why I won't shop that day and a story about holiday charities, why giving is better than getting. To my surprise, both of these articles were in this edition, written by someone else.
This happens to me a lot lately. I think about something that seems so original and inspiring, and I pull up a web site, read an email, or magazine and my idea is already there. It's so strange. I am trying to look at it in a positive way, like I'm in sync with what's going on, but I have to say it's getting hard. The first example was a good thing, 'cause I had been asking for a sign to let me know I was on the right track. The second one bothers me.
I don't want people to think I am copying or unoriginal. I really did have these ideas first. This is not the first time things like this have happened. I have kept a journal since 2001 and I have things written in there that I thought were my own enlightened observations. Now that I have been checking out some other online journals, I see that others share my thoughts, sometime almost word for word. Sometimes, according to their dates, we were thinking these same things right around the same time. How odd.
Maybe people traveling down similar paths have to experience some of the same things to continue moving forward.
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posted by Kelly @ 11/20/2003 01:37:00 PM   |
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