Why is blogging such a pain in the butt? It is practically the only assignment that we Racers have to do, but yet I avoid it like it’s a plague. Last month I received a “naughty Racer” e-mail encouraging me to blog more, and they are right. I have awesome stories that I forget are well… pretty awesome. I dread spending hours writing a perfect blog where some life changing event happened which changed me into a new person. The truth is I feel pressured to deliver immaculate blogs that are worthy of sending off to a publisher. I actually don’t like opening up to people that I don’t know. It took me 7 months to open up to my best friends on the squad so being candid to you is scary. Aren’t we supposed to have it together? Will my supporters think that I was a bad person to invest their money in if I don’t? Am I a letdown if I take my facade mask off?
Well it is month 10 and I am finally realizing that blogging is what YOU make of it. No more comparing myself to other people, no more waiting for lighting to strike to have a good story, no more hiding my feelings and no more mask. My writing won’t be worthy of publishing, I will have many grammar errors and probably a few misspelled words, but at least I will be telling God’s stories. At least I will be furthering the kingdom, even if that means embarrassing myself with grammar errors.
So, my pledge is to simply blog. To tell the stories that I have been blessed to be a part of. I am in month 10 of the Race and I am just getting a hold of this now. If you are a Racer and you are reading this I want to encourage you to just do you in your blogging. It is so much easier and being real is honestly refreshing to read. So my friends, look forward to a real and down to earth blog coming soon. Until then I leave you with this picture of an Asian Ronald McDonald, kind of scary.
