Tuesday, August 21, 2007

The Wave (or Hamlet's doubts)



There is an excellent book called The Wave by Morton Rhue which explains how people can be seized by forces seemingly out of their control. Such a wave--a wave of doubt--seized me prior to writing my last entry, and I gave in to it. I have such doubts from time to time. As I look at the entry now, it seems like a cry in the wilderness more than anything.




I have never been good at keeping diaries or journals. I always give them up. This journal (blog) is the only personal reflection that I have been able to keep going. I have always quit them before. They start feeling too self-conscious, they start to feel like I'm telling lies, and I start to get a little tired of myself. I figure if I'm getting tired of myself, others must be getting tired of me. I wasn't sure I had it in me to take this project through a transformation. It seemed easier just to quit.




But my personal habits are so chaotic that perhaps this is the only forum that will allow me to keep any kind of record of my being at all (other than the stories that I write, which always come first). I should keep going. I am trying to build some confidence in myself that I have things worth saying. Maybe that will come to me in time.




I am already caught in the maelstrom of school. Tomorrow I must talk about the first act of Hamlet. So I guess I better go prepare.


Hamlet was a doubter. And look how he turned out.

2 comments:

Erin Berger Guendelsberger said...

I can say with certainty: I always think that what you have to say is worthwhile. I'm very happy that you'll keep writing here! :-)

Jim Matthews said...

Your self-description sounds so much like myself. I'm terrible at building and keeping routines, which is one of the reasons I wanted to start a blog, so I could get a better grasp on what my tendencies are. I'm glad you're going to keep your blog; I guess I should keep mine too.

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