I belong to a writing critique group. The leader just sent out the readings for the next meeting. There’s a poem and it says that it is from me, but I never submitted a poem. I submitted a short story that was ignored. I don’t really care about the short story being ignored. It can be read later, but what really makes me angry and upset is the idea that someone would attribute writing that doesn’t belong to me to me.
It is a matter of having control. It is one of the most difficult parts of life for me to handle. I know that I can only control my behavior at this point, but all I can think about (or really obsess about) is my name with someone else’s writing. I know that I should let it go and give it up to God, but right now that is very difficult to do. So, the best I can do is pray for God to help me. I pray for God to help me let go of it and to try to practice the Serenity prayer. Life is a constant struggle and sometimes even though I know what I am supposed to do, it is still difficult to do it.
My faith saved me. May God’s peace reside in all of our hearts.
