Fear of failure, fear of success, fear of not finishing
Oh, hi friends!
I was trying to figure out what to say here on this Thursday that feels like a second New Year’s Day.
Nothing was coming so I decided, Let’s plagiarize myself! I picked up my own journal and turned to a random page.
The question was, “Have you been procrastinating doing something for months?”
(Wow, what a way to call myself out.)
It goes on:
Articulate your biggest fear connected to that thing.
Is it fear of failure, fear of success, fear of feeling dumb, fear of not finishing?
Some other kind of fear?
Do you think that fear is valid?
Why or why not?
So those are the questions I’m thinking over right now.
I know my answer. Knowing them makes me calmer, somehow.
Do you know yours?
When day comes, we step out of the
shade of flame and unafraid.
The new dawn balloons as we free it.
For there is always light, if only we're
brave enough to see it.
If only we're brave enough to be it.
The right words, in the right moment, the right voice. A poem to remember.
This Is the Best Drama Series I’ve Ever Seen
OK, since Netflix can’t churn out new shows fast enough, I have something new (but actually old) for you. Colin came across an article about Rectify, a four-season show that aired on Sundance TV from 2012-2016, calling it “quiet marvel.” (We used to spend four nights a week at the theater. We like quiet marvels.)
The show’s about a man who’s been on death row in Georgia for 20 years who gets out and must adjust to his town, his family, and the life he left. I didn’t see Rectify the first time around — what is Sundance TV?? — but I even found an email exchange with my friend Malcolm, in which he told me I had to watch it back in 2015. I didn’t listen! (He later wrote for The Daily Beast that it was the “best damn show on TV.”)
Yet I can’t even explain how good it is, or why, and can only tell you that you will care so much about these complicated, shifting characters, and the show, which moves slowly but is never boring, avoids every single cliche and has so much heart and hope and empathy. And that it was a pleasure to spend hours in that fictional town in Georgia.
I could watch it all again right now. So there’s my review! Go forth. (It's on Netflix now, of course.)
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Love, Kara