Genuine

As this year is nearly over and I think more and more about writing the book (I have all the material!) I realize there will be multiple steps ahead of me, least of all editing my writing. A primary goal after this book is written is to inspire people to have more new experiences themselves. Of course there is the inevitable trial and error along the way, but that is part of what makes the experience genuine. I have often needed to change plans because something "fell through." Once I was forced to come up with a plan D. It can be hard to see as far as plan D! Yet the stretching of your vision can leave you seeing farther down the road than you were once capable.

More fell through recently. My brother and I did not go to the firing range this morning as we had planned because of a large snowstorm. Perhaps we will go tomorrow, perhaps not. I will run the crazy 5K no matter what, so I am not worried about anything, yet it is a reminder to me how flexible one needs to be in order to continually pursue this goal which has now lasted almost exactly one year.

When my plans have fallen through, I think this has helped the book become more interesting. After all, this is natural. It shows the authenticity of life being life and of my will not being able to bend it, but able to roll with it. I just realized, I will have to think of not only what I learned from my successes, but my failures as well.