Patty Mayeux Blog

 What drives you through each day until your head hits the pillow, at peace and ready for rest? What passion bounces you out of bed, eager to face a brand-new day of more, more? I can’t imagine doing anything other than writing for the bulk of my allotted hours. A few of those are spent writing these blog posts. Stringing words along a path that strives for encouragement or inspiration brings me great enjoyment. These blogs are like practicing scales on the piano, or warming up the vocal chords before a solo. On Monday we talked about sharing appreciation for written words. What about buskers who stand on corners with their guitar cases open, ready to receive a few coins of thanks from passersby? Why do they do it? Can they even buy a simple meal with their day’s winnings? They do it because they have something to say by way of voice and melody, sprinkling a bit of beauty about. How is your world improved by creatives who brave the slings and arrows of public opinion all because they must share their talents with the world? I hope you are thankful and never critical, lest those arrows point toward you as you do what you must.