As I was settling back just after “lights out” the other night, in my mind I heard a character say, “Heavens! I love an adventure.” She (He?) was so delighted and so adamant, and I so wanted to remember the sweet happiness in that voice, I had to turn the light back on for a minute and write it down.
What story will that adventure be, and in what context that cry is cried, I have no idea, but I look forward to meeting that character and finding out.
Earlier in the day I encountered an informal selfie-video Guy Gilchrist made during a walk. Gilchrist is a cartoonist and musician I know best for his work on Muppets comics and a stint on the venerable comic strip “Nancy.”
One thing he said slapped me upside the head and gave me a gentle shove. It was about the uncertainty of starting down a new path when you’re not sure you’re ready yet.
“You’re never ready. Just go do it,” Guy said to his phone and, in doing so, to me.
“You’re never ready. Just go do it.”
Of course you’re not ready. Just get started. You got this.
Do what? All of it.
How many doubts and obstacles will you have to overcome? All of them.
Nobody said it would be easy, but nobody said it couldn’t be done.
