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The Case For Doing It Anyway
I was browsing through Medium when the title of an article caught my eye.
It read, “It’s Okay If What You Wrote Today Sucks.”
Seeing that title triggered memories of a couple of things that popped into my mind simultaneously, as if they were piecing my next article together for me in my mind’s eye.
The first was the Martina McBride song, “Anyway.” Don’t ask me where it came from! I haven’t heard that song in years probably, nor have I been listening to Martina McBride lately. But, there it was, so clear in my mind.
I did always love it. I immediately remembered it being one of those songs that inspires you with a message of courage, perseverance, possibility, and perhaps more than anything else, embracing the unknown.
The first two verses have this to say:
“You can spend your whole life building
Something from nothin’
One storm can come and blow it all away
Build it anyway
You can chase a dream
That seems so out of reach
And you know it might not ever come your way
Dream it anyway”
These lyrics inspired me to get posting again, whether or not I think it’s…
