I AM a Writer

You can have and be anything you desire.   This is a law of the universe.  Yet… there is more to positive psychology.  It’s not just picking through the catalog of the cosmos.  It’s acting like the universe is already YOURS.

Instead of saying, “I want to be…,” it will now be, “I am.”

What it comes down to… is that I already am a writer.  I write, often compulsively, as frequently as I am able.  Almost as frequently as I wish.   For some reason, I had believed that in order to be a writer, I would need be paid for writing.  The fact is that very few writers are actually paid for their work.  That doesn’t detract from who I am as a writer… instead, it only helps define my role– and merely adds to the equation “a little less cash than I could be making.”

As soon as I changed my perspective, I began to observe a shift in my awareness.  Now that I *am* a writer, I am simply working towards the next stop in my path.  I am a train that winds through the tunnels and tracks in this present moment, picking up passengers, dropping them off, making my routes in a propitious manner.  I am exploring all of the secret and hidden drives because I’m consciously and intentionally traveling along this path, and I recognize that the options are endless.

In shifting my perspective, I have begun writing outlines.  Scribbling associated concepts down on a paper.  I’ve begun to ask myself, “What genre am I good at writing? What expertise do I have to share with the world?”

Suddenly, there is an outpouring of words.   Key words, key phrases that help me organize my thoughts.  To give my work a pattern– which is ultimately a value.