tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901961103520079693.post6454831909752390917..comments2023-07-14T06:12:32.093-07:00Comments on Kirby's Lane: A Place for Readers and Writers: Ask WinstonKirby Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18362445818834966589noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901961103520079693.post-40251250202742912502010-11-15T14:05:19.301-08:002010-11-15T14:05:19.301-08:00That part of Anne Lamott's book always has tro...That part of Anne Lamott's book always has troubled me. I guess I'm not immune to tinges of jealousy but mostly I feel overwhelming happiness when good things happen to writers around me. I always want to jump up and down. <br /><br />The selfish bit comes in when I think, "Wow, this really can happen to real people! (and maybe something good will happen to me one day too)" I love seeing success. <br /><br />I once had a friend essentially quit talking to me over what I think was jealousy. It happened when my son was born. She had been aching to have a child for years, and was thus far unable. I felt sad for her, but sadder still that she felt she had to discontinue our relationship over it. We all have our own pains. Assuming someone out there with a certain visible joy has no pain, isn't seeing the whole picture. The key is to be grateful for our slice of the joy, and to seek out our own slice of joy, whatever the flavor. And to focus on joy. Attitude is everything.Kjerstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07934151755377892504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901961103520079693.post-77736115596176295992010-11-09T08:14:51.556-08:002010-11-09T08:14:51.556-08:00"...some wonderful, dazzling successes are go..."...some wonderful, dazzling successes are going to happen for some of the most awful, angry, undeserving writers you know"--thankfully this does not seem to be the case in the children's publishing world. Wonderful dazzling successes have happened and are happening to wonderful dazzling people (wag your tail, Winston, if you live with one). There's not a dog (pardon!) in the bunch. Well, maybe one or too but that's ALL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com