” The hardest battle you’re ever going to fight is the battle to be just you. ” – Leo F. Buscaglia

I wanted to post something a little more light and funny. The show must go on. I hope to write more about the good stuff that’s been happening this year soon. My sister and I had gone to Dragon Con, Labor Day Weekend, and while there, we saw lots and lots of art and artists. We were intrigued by this sketch, pencil, pen, ink, colors, artist by the name of Brent Woodside of www.nihm-art.com/. He’s known for his Star Wars® drawings on starwars.com. My sister ended up wanting a portrait of herself so I figured I join in too. Here is the result of me coming up with something:

And thus, the age-old question is answered.

@LeahJones gets Edgar’d by myself, @AmyGuth and @TheFemGeek.

You could be next!

Stay tuned!

Edgar

You’ve done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination. - Ralph Marston

Fear. Uncertainty. Lack of self-worth and self-confidence. These are things we must face every day. It keeps us from realizing our potential. What if I told you that you can rid of these hurdles easily? Its as easy as you make of it. That simple. I was a very shy person. This was as recent as High School. I faced these issues and they conquered me on a daily basis. Most of my life, actually.

Soon as I realized that I could use this energy to my advantage, things became much better for me. Think of them as challenges. Ask how you can push yourself today? Think positive.

That’s the rub. There’s where it gets interesting. We’re inclined to be pessimistic by nature. We’re worry-warts. Not all of us, but a good portion of us are very highly critical of ourselves. This is the main reason why we always wish we coulda, instead of reveling in the fact that we did. Its time to rid ourselves of negativity. It won’t completely go away, it never really does, but if we work towards a positive attitude about life, and everything, we could accomplish so much more.

I assume if you’re reading this, you know by now that I’ve recently acquired acting credit on IMDB. Obviously, being their webmaster had something to do with it, but don’t forget that I got there somehow. That somehow was by being myself. My positive self. This came about because of the Year of the Edgar notion. This is the type of thing I am talking about. I also had my first Dungeons and Dragons game last month as I said I would. The last thing I started was learning French. This is on my own, using some old software I had a while back. I haven’t spent any real time with it, but I have taken the first steps.

These are things I’ve wanted to do. So I either did them or begun doing them. You can do the exact same thing. You can accomplish so much by just keeping positive and trying things out. Stress levels will go down and life will be much sweeter.

I’m having the best time of my life right now and I really want others to share in this. Especially now with the way the economy is, there is too much seriousness going on and with life being so short, we need to make the best of our situations. Smile. Enjoy. Be positive.