Comments for Rabia Gale http://www.rabiagale.com writer at play Fri, 18 May 2012 14:25:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on shattered giveaway! by Rabia http://www.rabiagale.com/2012/04/29/shattered-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-36352 Rabia Fri, 18 May 2012 14:25:30 +0000 http://www.rabiagale.com/?p=3457#comment-36352 Oh! I just checked them out. They would be fantastic to read when we're studying the time period in the history. Thanks for bringing them to my attention. :) Oh! I just checked them out. They would be fantastic to read when we’re studying the time period in the history. Thanks for bringing them to my attention. :)

]]> Comment on on not being a prodigy after all by Kirsten http://www.rabiagale.com/2012/05/16/on-not-being-a-prodigy-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-36349 Kirsten Fri, 18 May 2012 13:28:27 +0000 http://www.rabiagale.com/?p=3573#comment-36349 Thank you for such a thought provoking post. I didn't write a thing for years and years, because I come from one of those families you describe--where one's fate is decreed by abilities displayed by age fifteen. As a reluctant underachiever, I needed encouragement I never got, and so self expression was limited to journal entries. And, while I might regret all the writing joy I missed along the way, I'm here now, and I don't question too much anymore why things ripen when they do. I believe everything has a time when it should happen. The only good part about being a late bloomer as I am, is that the pressure to achieve is gone, and encouragement from others isn't as relevant to me. The passage of years has fortified my fragile ego. I write to please myself. :) Enjoy where you are now, raising your family, young (from where I stand!), in love, taking in the world in all its glorious magnificence--and encourage your kids to become whatever their heart desires! Happy belated birthday! :) Thank you for such a thought provoking post.
I didn’t write a thing for years and years, because I come from one of those families you describe–where one’s fate is decreed by abilities displayed by age fifteen. As a reluctant underachiever, I needed encouragement I never got, and so self expression was limited to journal entries.
And, while I might regret all the writing joy I missed along the way, I’m here now, and I don’t question too much anymore why things ripen when they do. I believe everything has a time when it should happen. The only good part about being a late bloomer as I am, is that the pressure to achieve is gone, and encouragement from others isn’t as relevant to me. The passage of years has fortified my fragile ego. I write to please myself. :)

Enjoy where you are now, raising your family, young (from where I stand!), in love, taking in the world in all its glorious magnificence–and encourage your kids to become whatever their heart desires!
Happy belated birthday! :)

]]> Comment on shattered giveaway! by Rachel http://www.rabiagale.com/2012/04/29/shattered-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-36348 Rachel Fri, 18 May 2012 13:01:46 +0000 http://www.rabiagale.com/?p=3457#comment-36348 Hmm. Cinderella Around the World sounds interesting. I might have to look that up. As for The Good Master, it's not fairy tale-ish at all, but there are a few folk tales told within the story. :) I enjoyed it, and it's sequel, The Singing Tree, very much. Still do, actually! Two of my favorite childrens' books, and have been for about fifteen years. Hmm. Cinderella Around the World sounds interesting. I might have to look that up.

As for The Good Master, it’s not fairy tale-ish at all, but there are a few folk tales told within the story. :) I enjoyed it, and it’s sequel, The Singing Tree, very much. Still do, actually! Two of my favorite childrens’ books, and have been for about fifteen years.

]]> Comment on on not being a prodigy after all by Ellen Gregory http://www.rabiagale.com/2012/05/16/on-not-being-a-prodigy-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-36346 Ellen Gregory Fri, 18 May 2012 12:50:37 +0000 http://www.rabiagale.com/?p=3573#comment-36346 I can really relate to this, Rabia. I think when you place high expectations (or dreams) on yourself, it's hard when you don't meet them. When I turned 30, I set myself the goal of having a novel published by the time I was 40... when that didn't happen, and several friends started to get contracts, I felt like a total failure. I found turning 40 really hard! But I read a blog post a month or so ago that talked of "running your own race", which encouraged us to focus only on what we're doing, rather than comparing ourselves with how other people are progressing. I find this really hard, but am trying! I can really relate to this, Rabia. I think when you place high expectations (or dreams) on yourself, it’s hard when you don’t meet them. When I turned 30, I set myself the goal of having a novel published by the time I was 40… when that didn’t happen, and several friends started to get contracts, I felt like a total failure. I found turning 40 really hard! But I read a blog post a month or so ago that talked of “running your own race”, which encouraged us to focus only on what we’re doing, rather than comparing ourselves with how other people are progressing. I find this really hard, but am trying!

]]> Comment on on not being a prodigy after all by Prue http://www.rabiagale.com/2012/05/16/on-not-being-a-prodigy-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-36341 Prue Fri, 18 May 2012 10:34:17 +0000 http://www.rabiagale.com/?p=3573#comment-36341 Thanks Rabia. :) Thanks Rabia. :)

]]> Comment on on not being a prodigy after all by Rabia http://www.rabiagale.com/2012/05/16/on-not-being-a-prodigy-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-36272 Rabia Thu, 17 May 2012 16:56:47 +0000 http://www.rabiagale.com/?p=3573#comment-36272 You have a lovely attitude towards life, Prue. :) And here's to the row of novels with your name on them! You have a lovely attitude towards life, Prue. :) And here’s to the row of novels with your name on them!

]]> Comment on on not being a prodigy after all by Prue http://www.rabiagale.com/2012/05/16/on-not-being-a-prodigy-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-36249 Prue Thu, 17 May 2012 09:47:21 +0000 http://www.rabiagale.com/?p=3573#comment-36249 I love the idea of 'The destination will only be the one you want if you take the time to do it right' -- and it's great to hear someone say it's about the destination, not the journey because without a destination the journey could be very different. There are paths I've been along in the last few years which would have benefitted me in my 30s - but perhaps I wouldn't have appreciated them then. Now is now, and now is all there is. I try to appreciate every single thing which comes along each day - the opening of flower, a rainbow, a smile from a stranger, something that turns out well -- and I'd still like that row of novels with my name on them :) I love the idea of ‘The destination will only be the one you want if you take the time to do it right’ — and it’s great to hear someone say it’s about the destination, not the journey because without a destination the journey could be very different.
There are paths I’ve been along in the last few years which would have benefitted me in my 30s – but perhaps I wouldn’t have appreciated them then.
Now is now, and now is all there is. I try to appreciate every single thing which comes along each day – the opening of flower, a rainbow, a smile from a stranger, something that turns out well — and I’d still like that row of novels with my name on them :)

]]> Comment on on not being a prodigy after all by Rabia http://www.rabiagale.com/2012/05/16/on-not-being-a-prodigy-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-36220 Rabia Thu, 17 May 2012 03:27:56 +0000 http://www.rabiagale.com/?p=3573#comment-36220 I love the way you put it: "The destination will only be the one you want if you take the time to do it right." Better not to do in haste, and repent in leisure, eh? I love the way you put it: “The destination will only be the one you want if you take the time to do it right.” Better not to do in haste, and repent in leisure, eh?

]]> Comment on on not being a prodigy after all by Rabia http://www.rabiagale.com/2012/05/16/on-not-being-a-prodigy-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-36219 Rabia Thu, 17 May 2012 03:26:59 +0000 http://www.rabiagale.com/?p=3573#comment-36219 <I>That’s a trade-off I can live with. :-D</I> Agreed! My family (esp. my children & husband) are more important than writing. That’s a trade-off I can live with. :-D

Agreed! My family (esp. my children & husband) are more important than writing.

]]> Comment on on not being a prodigy after all by Liana Mir http://www.rabiagale.com/2012/05/16/on-not-being-a-prodigy-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-36205 Liana Mir Wed, 16 May 2012 22:10:17 +0000 http://www.rabiagale.com/?p=3573#comment-36205 Too much pressure to hurry up and get there. It's part of our I-want-it-now, instant-gratification culture. I'm a strong believer in it's about the destination, not the journey, <i>but...</i> The destination will only be the one you want if you take the time to do it right. Too much pressure to hurry up and get there. It’s part of our I-want-it-now, instant-gratification culture. I’m a strong believer in it’s about the destination, not the journey, but… The destination will only be the one you want if you take the time to do it right.

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