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Location: Stonington, Illinois, United States

December 05, 2005

Some rubbish to read.

Beginning is always the hardest part. The page or screen is empty, the color of intimidating white that makes eyes ache and minds blank. With each line, the wheels start to give way and slowly turn.
Life can be so confusing sometimes. One day, you are the king of the world. The next you are the lowest man on the totem pole, so low that your head is almost buried and only your forehead is showing. How crazy is that? I guess that that proves life isn't a constant, stable, straight journey. Curves, twists, bends, and turns await us. Where upon this winding road, I ask, are we to find the slightest strand of sanity? We have no map or compass to guide us, yet some force tends the light that is the North Star, to shine even brighter when we lose our way and the path we tread has been scattered to the wind. This is nothing but a test, a trial. Look to the next point on the horizon and reach for it. Let yours legs take action and one step further, that's it, just one more step. We will make it. We have to.
Whisper on the wind to one you love before it is too late, too late for speaking, for any call to satisfy that desire to simply say what we want to say. Do it while the days are full and light and young, before death sets foot on your doorstep. So I ask just what are you waiting for? Perhaps another to hesistate and lose that opportunity.

7 Comments:

Blogger Andrew said...

Certainly not rubbish!

1:02 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well, well, well, how long has it been, Sam? Six months have seemed to pass since I advised you to quit writing and was scolded by your readers. I see that my counsel has gone unheeded and it has not deterred you from writing thirteen more posts in this pathetic excuse of a blog. Riches and renown from publication are far from your grasp. Where are your readers to chide me away now. So why are you still writing? Your audience has abandoned you. Why try, then? Why write when it gives nothing back? Throw down your pen and paper. Stay away from the computer. Give a rest. You will waste away your life with this charade.

11:37 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow, Jack. You must be either a very good writer or a jerk who ceases to have a productive life. I'm picking the latter. You could have at least offered some constructive criticism. Where is your marvelous writing anyway? Why not give us a link to some of your work. Sam's writing is read and enjoyed by quite a few people.

12:09 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey, Sam. I really do not know what this guy is talking about. You are a great writer, and I can't believe that he would say such absurd things. I love every single thing you write. I will always stand by you and defend you. Please do not give it a rest. I would very much be sad. If he thinks that you are writing for everyone else, he is soley mistaken. Do not give up. You and I both know that your readers have not "abandoned" you. I love your writings and I will always read them. You are the best and when I read what you write, it feels like I get to see who you really are. I do see who you are when I get to talk to you, but it is on a deeper level that I get to know you. Well I am finished. I do not know what else to say about how I feel. You rock. I'll talk to you soon.

12:11 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Oh Jacky boy, you son of a bitch", I'm sorry to say that you must be one of the poor jobless souls that wanders the internet, writing piles of criticism for young writers while picking Cheeto crumbs out of your belly button. If I were to pin a character to your character, you remind me of Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons, always complaining about someone else's work and never working yourself. Who are you to tell someone how to write? You probably wore out your thesaurus, just trying to finish your comment. So please, find something constructive to say. Because strong points do exist in Sam's writing. They all start with the sincerity of his character. Any weak points are due to his young age and lack of experience.

8:35 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

As always I am rebuked for my wise advice, I will say my intentions were of the kindest and greatest nature. I just do not wish that Sam wastes away his life with this false ambition. Poor kid, you never know the joy and splendor that is publication. You will spend your life scribbling away on some notion that it means something, that it will all add up. There is no room for hack writers in this business.

11:30 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

wow, the audacity of some people. Sorry I haven't been able to read your stuff Sam, it's blocked at school, blog that is. This Jack guy is so full of bull. I don't understand where he's coming from in his comments, and I'm not sure why he thinks you or any of us, your readers, would care what he has to say. Who is he anyways? Does he seriously have the room to say anything? No! I love ya Sam, keep writing friend! God bless!
Love and smiles!

10:43 AM  

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