Shame Dogpile
Last week, I launched my Creating Daily project. And for those first seven days, I wrote for the audience I could see: myself. When I sent my first weekly digest email on Saturday night, that officially changed. What was once private, immediately became public. The curtain opened.
I found myself experiencing three distinct reactions.
First, I felt a deep sense of peace and pride as I breathed in the gratitude of having launched it. It felt (and feels) right. "This is what I've been meant to do all along." It seems like a missing piece has slotted into place.
Second, I felt a deeply encouraging, fist-pumping yes as friends responded well to the personal themes I was exploring. They shared their own stories of parenting and anger, of joys with family, of writing projects, of dreams of heaven. After just two days, it's incredible already: I'm finding honesty generates honesty, and stories beget stories.
Third, I also found myself experiencing a horrified, dizzying vertigo, as feedback arrive…
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