“Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.” — Natalie Goldberg

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Thoughts on Today’s Quote

I don’t know how often I’ve doubted myself and what I’m doing. Have you done that?

Self-examination and exploring other options can be a good way to grow. It can also be debilitating if you don’t form a base of faith in what you are doing.

It is one thing to build on a base because you trust what you are doing is right for you. It is quite another to build on a base because it seems like the thing to do.

For example, I trust that writing on Steemit is right for me.

I had spent years putting writing aside influenced by others who had zero faith in my ability to write and earn money. That was my error, I knew I wanted to write and to make my income from doing so.

Instead, I was into fields where I could have made substantial income, but my heart wasn’t in it. It was fields that others had pressed me into and I went along because the path had been cleared for me. I took the easy route because I lacked faith in my own ability.

I hit a crossroads. I came to the point where I needed to spend a substantial sum to renew a license for a career I didn’t really have any passion for or buckle down and actually write instead of ‘wanting to write’ and doing nothing.

I decided for better or worse, I would write. Not long afterward, I discovered Steemit.

Now, Steemit doesn’t provide me a living. It provides me with a basis to trust in doing what I love. I can build on that base. I can now trust that writing will take me where I want to go, I just need to point myself to where I want to go and do the work.

Do you trust in what you are doing? Are you doing what you love?

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Who is Natalie Goldberg?

Born in 1948, Natalie Goldberg studied Zen Bhuddism for more than thirty years. She’s best known for her series of books on writing which explore writing as a Zen practise.

Her 1986 book “Writing Down the Bones” is considered to be an influential book on the craft of writing. The sequel “The True Secret of Writing” was published in 2013.

Her seminars on writing as a practise have drawn people from around the world. She’s also a prolific painter and poet. She currently resides in northern New Mexico

*I will try to find information on the author of the quotes I share. I wont always be successful.

Don’t know about you, but I find it interesting to know who the person was that anyone took the time to record or quote that person.*

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About Coffee Time Meditation

I love being inspired by other people’s quotes. I thought I’d start sharing some quotes that inspire me along with my own thoughts the quote evokes within me. So, think of someone, like me, sitting quietly with the first fresh coffee of the day and mediating about the words of the quote. That would be me, or it could be you.

I invite you to share your own thoughts on the quote in the comments.

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